This is a list of state parks in the Colorado State Parks system.
The Colorado State Parks system integrates outdoor recreation with tourism. There are currently forty-one parks open to the public, and there is one in development.[1] 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.
Park Name |
County or Counties |
Size |
Year Established |
Remarks |
Image |
acre |
ha |
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area |
Chaffee, Fremont, Lake, Pueblo |
6,193 |
2,506 |
1998 |
|
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Barr Lake State Park |
Adams |
2,715 |
1,099 |
1977 |
|
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Boyd Lake State Park |
Larimer |
334 |
135 |
1965 |
|
|
Castlewood Canyon State Park |
Douglas |
2,621 |
1,061 |
1964 |
|
|
Chatfield State Park |
Douglas, Jefferson |
3,895 |
1,576 |
1975 |
|
|
Cherry Creek State Park |
Arapahoe |
3,346 |
1,354 |
1959 |
|
|
Cheyenne Mountain State Park |
El Paso |
1,680 |
680 |
2006 |
|
|
Crawford State Park |
Delta, Montrose |
734 |
297 |
1964 |
|
|
Eldorado Canyon State Park |
Boulder |
885 |
358 |
1978 |
|
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Eleven Mile State Park |
Park |
7,662 |
3,101 |
1970 |
|
|
Elkhead State Park |
Moffat, Routt |
2,200 |
890 |
|
|
|
Golden Gate Canyon State Park |
Jefferson, Gilpin |
11,998 |
4,855 |
1960 |
|
|
Harvey Gap State Park |
Garfield |
320 |
130 |
1987 |
|
|
Highline Lake State Park |
Mesa |
563 |
228 |
1967 |
|
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Jackson Lake State Park |
Morgan |
3,305 |
1,337 |
1965 |
|
|
James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park |
Mesa |
890 |
360 |
1994 |
|
|
John Martin Reservoir State Park |
Bent |
13,176 |
5,332 |
2001 |
|
|
Lake Pueblo State Park |
Pueblo |
10,279 |
4,160 |
1975 |
|
|
Lathrop State Park |
Huerfano |
1,596 |
646 |
1962 |
|
|
Lone Mesa State Park |
Dolores |
11,702 |
4,736 |
N/A |
Under development. |
|
Lory State Park |
Larimer |
2,492 |
1,008 |
1975 |
|
|
Mancos State Park |
Montezuma |
553 |
224 |
1987 |
|
|
Mueller State Park |
Teller |
5,112 |
2,069 |
1988 |
|
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Navajo State Park |
Archuleta, La Plata |
5,087 |
2,059 |
1964 |
|
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North Sterling State Park |
Logan |
5,700 |
2,300 |
1992 |
|
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Paonia State Park |
Gunnison |
1,857 |
752 |
1964 |
|
|
Pearl Lake State Park |
Routt |
300 |
120 |
1964 |
|
|
Ridgway State Park |
Ouray |
3,201 |
1,295 |
1989 |
|
|
Rifle Falls State Park |
Garfield |
48 |
19 |
1966 |
|
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Rifle Gap State Park |
Garfield |
1,341 |
543 |
1966 |
|
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Roxborough State Park |
Douglas |
3,317 |
1,342 |
1975 |
|
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Spinney Mountain State Park |
Park |
6,080 |
2,460 |
1987 |
|
|
St. Vrain State Park |
Weld |
688 |
278 |
1965 |
|
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Stagecoach State Park |
Routt |
1,641 |
664 |
1965 |
|
|
State Forest State Park |
Jackson, Larimer |
70,838 |
28,667 |
1970 |
|
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Staunton State Park |
Park, Jefferson |
3,652 |
1,478 |
2013 |
|
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Steamboat Lake State Park |
Routt |
2,820 |
1,140 |
1967 |
|
|
Sweitzer Lake State Park |
Delta |
210 |
85 |
1972 |
|
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Sylvan Lake State Park |
Eagle |
1,548 |
626 |
1987 |
|
|
Trinidad Lake State Park |
Las Animas |
2,860 |
1,160 |
1980 |
|
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Vega State Park |
Mesa |
1,823 |
738 |
1967 |
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Yampa River State Park |
Routt, Moffat |
3,112 |
1,259 |
1998 |
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