Colorado State Parks

Explore state parks across Colorado

Barr Lake State Park

Brighton, Colorado

A popular Front Range park known for birdwatching, fishing, boating, and an 8-mile lakeside trail.

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Boyd Lake State Park

Loveland, Colorado

A lakeside state park in Loveland offering boating, fishing, swimming, and camping.

BoatingFishingSwimming

Castlewood Canyon State Park

Franktown, Colorado

A scenic canyon park with historic ruins, sandstone cliffs, and wildlife-rich trails.

HikingWildlife ViewingPicnicking

Chatfield State Park

Littleton, Colorado

A popular Front Range reservoir park for boating, fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing.

BoatingFishingCamping

Cherry Creek State Park

Aurora, Colorado

A popular Denver-area state park known for its reservoir, beaches, boating, and wildlife.

BoatingFishingSwimming

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Colorado Springs, Colorado

A scenic foothills park near Colorado Springs with hiking, wildlife, and mountain views.

HikingMountain BikingWildlife Viewing

Crawford State Park

Crawford, Colorado

A peaceful reservoir park in western Colorado with boating, fishing, camping, and scenic canyon views.

FishingBoatingCamping

Eldorado Canyon State Park

Eldorado Springs, Colorado

A scenic canyon park famous for sandstone cliffs, hiking, and climbing near Boulder.

HikingRock ClimbingPicnicking

Eleven Mile State Park

Lake George, Colorado

A high-country reservoir park known for fishing, boating, camping, and sweeping mountain views.

FishingBoatingCamping

Elkhead Reservoir State Park

Moffat County, Colorado

A remote reservoir park in northwest Colorado known for boating, fishing, camping, and wide-open scenery.

BoatingFishingCamping

Fishers Peak State Park

Trinidad, Colorado

A scenic southern Colorado state park centered on the iconic Fishers Peak mesa.

HikingWildlife ViewingPhotography

Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden, Colorado

A scenic mountain park west of Denver with forests, meadows, camping, and panoramic Front Range views.

HikingCampingFishing

Harvey Gap State Park

Rifle, Colorado

A peaceful reservoir park offering fishing, paddling, swimming, and picnic areas in western Colorado.

FishingBoatingSwimming

Highline Lake State Park

Fruita, Colorado

A lakeside state park near Fruita known for boating, fishing, birdwatching, and sunny desert scenery.

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Jackson Lake State Park

Fort Morgan, Colorado

A prairie reservoir park offering boating, fishing, swimming, camping, and wildlife viewing.

BoatingFishingSwimming

James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park

Grand Junction, Colorado

A riverfront state park with boating, fishing, picnicking, and scenic Colorado River access.

FishingBoatingPicnicking

John Martin Reservoir State Park

Hasty, Colorado

A vast southeastern Colorado reservoir park known for boating, fishing, birdwatching, and prairie scenery.

FishingBoatingBirdwatching

Lake Pueblo State Park

Pueblo, Colorado

A large reservoir park in southern Colorado offering boating, fishing, swimming, and scenic shoreline recreation.

BoatingFishingSwimming

Lathrop State Park

Walsenburg, Colorado

Colorado’s first state park, known for reservoir recreation and views of the Spanish Peaks.

FishingBoatingCamping

Lone Mesa State Park

Dolores, Colorado

A remote high-desert state park offering solitude, scenic mesas, and wildlife viewing in southwestern Colorado.

CampingHikingWildlife Viewing

Lory State Park

Fort Collins, Colorado

A scenic foothills park west of Fort Collins with trails, reservoir views, and abundant outdoor recreation.

HikingMountain BikingHorseback Riding

Mancos State Park

Mancos, Colorado

A peaceful lakeside park near Mancos offering fishing, paddling, picnicking, and mountain views.

FishingPaddlingBirdwatching

Mueller State Park

Divide, Colorado

A forested mountain park west of Pikes Peak with hiking, wildlife, camping, and big views.

HikingCampingWildlife Viewing

Navajo State Park

Arboles, Colorado

A large reservoir park on the Colorado-New Mexico border known for boating, fishing, camping, and scenic shoreline.

BoatingFishingCamping

North Sterling State Park

Sterling, Colorado

A peaceful northeastern Colorado reservoir park popular for boating, fishing, camping, and birdwatching.

FishingBoatingCamping

Paonia State Park

Paonia, Colorado

A peaceful reservoir park in the North Fork Valley known for fishing, boating, and scenic mountain views.

FishingBoatingBirdwatching

Pearl Lake State Park

Clark, Colorado

A scenic alpine lake park near Steamboat Springs offering fishing, paddling, camping, and mountain views.

FishingCampingBoating

Ridgway State Park

Ridgway, Colorado

A scenic reservoir park in the San Juan Mountains offering boating, fishing, camping, and mountain views.

BoatingFishingCamping

Rifle Falls State Park

Rifle, Colorado

A scenic canyon park featuring a triple waterfall, caves, and abundant wildlife.

HikingPicnickingCamping

Rifle Gap State Park

Rifle, Colorado

A reservoir park with boating, fishing, camping, and dramatic canyon scenery.

BoatingFishingCamping

Roxborough State Park

Littleton, Colorado

A scenic Front Range park famous for red rock formations, wildlife, and hiking.

HikingWildlife ViewingPhotography

Spinney Mountain State Park

Hartsel, Colorado

A scenic reservoir park famous for trophy fishing, boating, and wildlife viewing.

FishingBoatingBirdwatching

St. Vrain State Park

Firestone, Colorado

A Front Range wetland park with fishing ponds, camping, and outstanding birdwatching.

FishingBirdwatchingCamping

Stagecoach State Park

Oak Creek, Colorado

A mountain reservoir park in the Yampa Valley offering boating, fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing.

FishingBoatingCamping

State Forest State Park

Walden, Colorado

A large alpine park in north-central Colorado offering camping, fishing, wildlife viewing, and four-season mountain recreation.

CampingFishingHiking

Staunton State Park

Pine, Colorado

A Front Range mountain park with granite scenery, hiking, climbing, fishing, and year-round outdoor recreation.

HikingRock ClimbingFishing

Steamboat Lake State Park

Clark, Colorado

A high-country park with a beautiful reservoir, mountain views, and excellent boating, fishing, and camping.

BoatingFishingCamping

Sweetwater Lake State Park

Gypsum, Colorado

A remote mountain park with a beautiful alpine lake, fishing, paddling, and dramatic Flat Tops scenery.

FishingPaddlingWildlife Viewing

Sweitzer Lake State Park

Delta, Colorado

A peaceful day-use park near Delta featuring a warm-water lake for fishing, paddling, and picnicking.

FishingPaddle BoatingPicnicking

Sylvan Lake State Park

Eagle, Colorado

A mountain state park centered on a beautiful alpine lake near Eagle, Colorado.

HikingFishingCamping

Trinidad Lake State Park

Trinidad, Colorado

A lakeside state park in southern Colorado known for boating, fishing, camping, and birdwatching.

FishingBoatingCamping

Vega State Park

Collbran, Colorado

A scenic Grand Mesa reservoir park known for boating, fishing, camping, and cool mountain weather.

FishingBoatingCamping

Yampa River State Park

Craig, Colorado

A river-focused state park in northwest Colorado known for boating, fishing, wildlife, and camping.

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