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This is a list of the state parks in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state park system to accommodate both outdoor recreation and tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, and there are others in development. [1] Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year.
The confluence of Monument Creek (right) with Fountain Creek (center) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Monument Creek is an El Paso County, Colorado, stream on the Arkansas River water basin. It flows south from Mount Deception through Pikeview and Monument, and into Colorado Springs, where it meets up with Fountain Creek. [1]
Pikes Peak Greenway is a 16-mile (26 km) trail in Colorado Springs, Colorado that parallels Monument and Fountain Creeks and winds through and alongside parks, like Monument Valley Park, and sports complexes. It connects with other trails, such as the Midland Trail, Bear Creek Trail and Templeton Gap Trail.
In both cases there are trails on both sides of Monument Creek. [20] The western trails have access to other trails. From Monument Valley Reach (north) a traveler can meet up with the Mesa Springs Greenway or the Mesa Valley Trail at Sonderman Park. The Mesa Springs Greenway intersects with the Monument Valley Reach (south). [20]
The Fountain Creek Watershed—located in Teller, El Paso, and Pueblo counties—is 930 square miles (2,400 km 2) in area. [6]: 6 [1]: 4 [a] Its borders are Pikes Peak, the Palmer Divide and a minor divide east of Colorado Springs. [1]
The trails are open from dawn to dusk each day. [5] A short 0.4-mile (0.64 km) trail, Bear Creek Trail, provides a trail from the eastern edge of the park at 8th Street to the Pikes Peak Greenway in the Power Plant Reach. [9] [10] Trails can be accessed at the nature center, picnic pavilions or the 21st Street trail parking lot. [3]