Colorado State Parks

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

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Great Sand Dunes National Park
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Rocky Mountain National Park

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