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The Yampa River flows 250 miles (400 km) through northwestern Colorado, United States. Rising in the Rocky Mountains, it is a tributary of the Green River and a major part of the Colorado River system. The Yampa is one of the few free-flowing rivers in the western United States, with only a few small dams and diversions.
Yampa River State Park provides 13 access points for boaters along 134 miles (216 km) of the Yampa River from Hayden to the eastern boundary of Dinosaur National Monument. [2] Walkways and hiking trails explore the river's canyons and riparian zones , surrounding rock formations , and natural habitats .
The names of the 17 Colorado rivers with a drainage basin of more than 10,000 square kilometers (3,900 sq mi) are shown in bold. Oceans and streams outside of Colorado are shown in italics. Pacific Ocean. Gulf of California. Colorado River [b] Green River. Yampa River 21,506 km 2 (8,304 mi 2) Little Snake River 10,629 km 2 (4,104 mi 2)
The Williams Fork is a 27.4-mile-long (44.1 km) [2] tributary of the Yampa River, in north central Colorado in the United States. See also. List of rivers of Colorado;
South Routt School District RE-3, serving Oak Creek and Yampa; The county is also home to Steamboat Mountain School in Steamboat Springs and North Routt Community Charter School in Clark. Routt County is also home to the Steamboat Springs campus of Colorado Mountain College. CMC Steamboat is the only college in the United States that offers a ...
Elkhead Reservoir State Park is managed as a complex out of the Yampa River State Park office, located to the west of the town of Hayden, CO. [2] Elkhead Reservoir was constructed in 1974 and is owned by the City of Craig. The Colorado State Parks system took over management of recreational use and facilities at the reservoir in 1998. [3]
The Arapaho National Recreation Area (ANRA) is a United States national recreation area located near the headwaters of the Colorado River in north central Colorado adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park. ANRA is under the jurisdiction of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest. ANRA contains five lakes in the upper Colorado River Valley: Lake ...
West of the Continental Divide, surface waters flow via the Green River, the upper Colorado River [a] ... Yampa River: 10,629 km 2 4,104 mi 2: 4,412 km 2 1,704 mi 2