Colorado State Parks

The U.S. National Park Service preserves 58 national parks, 390 parks, historic sites, memorials, and recreation areas that attract nearly 300 million visitors every year. Our U.S. national parks are repositories of the nation’s biological diversity and contain some of the last ecosystem remnants that are found nowhere else in the world. Explore US Parks Online

Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful, historic national treasure which includes the 105-mile long Skyline Drive, a National Scenic Byway. The Park covers the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for over seventy-five miles. The Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the Skyline Drive and 101 miles of this trail run through the Park. (more…)

Colorado National and State Parks and Recreation

The Colorado State Parks system integrates outdoor recreation with tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, there are two in development. Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year. Colorado State Parks celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2009.

This agency also takes lead in managing Colorado’s boating, off-highway vehicle, snowmobile, river-outfitter licensing, and trails programs.

National Parks

State Parks

Chipeta State Park
Eldorado Canyon State Park
Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Lathrop State Park
Lory State Park
Pearl Lake State Park
Steamboat Lake State Park

State Forests

Colorado State Forest
Rio Grande National Forest
State Fish Hatcherys
Bellvue State Fish Hatchery
Colorado State Fish Hatchery
Las Animas State Fish Hatchery
Shayano State Fish Hatchery

State Wildlife Areas

Beaver Creek Wildlife Area
Billy Creek Wildlife Area
Blue River Wildlife Area
Christina Wildlife Area
Cimarron Wildlife Area
Devil Creek Wildlife Area
Dolores River Wildlife Area
Dome Lakes Wildlife Area
Dry Creek Basin Wildlife Area
Hot Sulphur Wildlife Area
Lone Cone Wildlife Area
Mike Higbee Wildlife Area
Perins Peak Wildlife Area
Roaring Judy Wildlife Area
Sapinero Wildlife Area
Spanish Peaks Wildlife Area

State Fish Hatcherys

Bellvue State Fish Hatchery
Colorado State Fish Hatchery
Las Animas State Fish Hatchery
Shayano State Fish Hatchery

National Forests

Arapaho National Forest
Grand Mesa National Forest
Gunnison National Forest
Manti-La Sal National Forest
Pike National Forest
Roosevelt National Forest
Routt National Forest
San Isabel National Forest
San Juan National Forest
Uncompahgre National Forest
White River National Forest

National Historic Landmark

Lowry Ruins National Historical Landmark

National Wildlife Refuge Areas

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge
Baca National Wildlife Refuge
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge

National Recreation Areas

Curecanti National Recreation Area
Shadow Mountain National Recreation

Colorado Wilderness Areas

There are 41 wilderness areas in the state of Colorado.

Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness
Byers Peak Wilderness
Cache La Poudre Wilderness
Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
Comanche Peak Wilderness
Dolores River Canyon
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness
Eagles Nest Wilderness
Flat Tops Wilderness Area
Fossil Ridge Wilderness
Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness
Holy Cross Wilderness
Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness
Indian Peaks Wilderness
James Peak Wilderness
La Garita Wilderness
Lizard Head Wilderness
Lost Creek Wilderness
Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
Mesa Verde Wilderness
Mount Evans Wilderness
Mount Massive Wilderness
Mount Sneffels Wilderness
Mount Zirkel Wilderness
Neota Wilderness
Never Summer Wilderness
Platte River Wilderness
Powderhorn Wilderness
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness
Raggeds Wilderness
Rawah Wilderness
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
Sarvis Creek Wilderness
South San Juan Wilderness
Spanish Peaks Wilderness
Uncompahgre Wilderness
Vasquez Peak Wilderness
Weminuche Wilderness
West Elk Wilderness