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Saddle Mountain is a large, conical mountain located on the western side of the West Elk Mountains southeast of Crawford, Colorado. Topped off by North and South Saddle peaks, Saddle Mountain's highest point, South Saddle Peak, has an elevation of 10,005 ft (3,050 m) [ 1 ] with over 3,000 ft (910 m) of vertical relief above the valley below.
The Collegiate Peaks area includes much of the Sawatch Range and has the highest average elevation of any wilderness area in the United States. Five of the area's 14,000-foot (4,300 m) peaks are named for famous universities and colleges, including Mt. Harvard, Mt. Oxford, Mt. Yale, Mt. Princeton and Mt. Columbia.
This is a list of the state parks in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state park system to accommodate both outdoor recreation and tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, and there are others in development. [1] Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year.
The first two designations, Slumgullion Earthflow and Summit Lake, were made in 1965, while the most recent designation, Glenwood Caverns and Iron Mountain Hot Springs, was made in 2023. [1] [2] Natural Landmarks in Colorado range from 60 to 380,000 acres (24.3 to 153,780.5 ha; 0.1 to 593.8 sq mi) in size. Owners include private individuals and ...
An enlargeable map of Colorado showing the 42 National Wildernesses in red East Rim Arch in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness. Lake Isabelle in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. Mystic Island Lake in the Holy Cross Wilderness. The Lost Creek Wilderness. There are 44 National Wildernesses within Colorado.
Mueller State Park is a Colorado state park encompassing 5,112 acres (20.69 km 2) of land outside Divide, Colorado, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. [2] The park offers many outdoor activities. There are 55 miles (89 km) of trails, biking, camping year-round, hunting, hiking, and horseback riding. [3]
July 17, 1997 (502–506 Yampa Ave. Craig: Craig's only example of a common early-20th-century commercial building type with ground-floor retail and second-floor office/meeting space; built in 1917 and tenanted according to the ebb and flow of the local economy.
Sweetwater Lake State Park is a proposed Colorado State Park in Garfield County, Colorado in the United States, approximately 18 miles (29 km) north of the town of Dotsero. The site occupies 488 acres (197 ha) and is located within the White River National Forest in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area . [ 1 ]