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The Malheur National Forest has several campgrounds in the Ochoco Mountains as well. The largest is the campground at Delintment Lake. [12] Antelope Flat Reservoir campground has 24 campsites surrounded by a scenic ponderosa pine forest. The reservoir is not visible from the campground, but it is only a 10-minute walk to the lake shore.
O'Haver Lake is a reservoir in Chaffee County, Colorado [1] in the San Isabel National Forest. It is located about two miles from U.S. Highway 50 west of Poncha Pass. The lake and adjacent campground are just off Forest Road 200, also known as Marshall Pass Road. The pass is about twelve miles up the road from the lake.
The park contains two mountains, Genesee Mountain at 8,284 feet (2,525 m) above sea level and Bald Mountain at 7,988 feet (2,435 m) above sea level. The park also contains forests of ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and lodgepole pine. Interstate 70 traverses the park between exits 252 and 254 along the Lariat Loop Scenic & Historic Byway.
The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Black Forest CDP was 15,097 at the United States Census 2020. [3] Both the Colorado Springs post office (Zip Code 80908) and the Elbert post office (Zip Code 80106) serve the area. [4] The Black Forest is named for a dense stand of Ponderosa Pine in
The largest park in El Paso County is the 1,680-acre (680 ha) Cheyenne Mountain State Park, which is located in the southern end of Colorado Springs.Its terrain varies from prairie grassland and scrub oak to Douglas fir and ponderosa pine on the peaks at the western side of the park.
The pure stands of Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine forest receive about 15–20 inches (380–510 mm) of annual precipitation. [7] In the northern Rockies, about 40-50% falls in April through September, while in the southern Rockies, about 66-75% falls during these months. [7]
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The center is located on 400 acres of meadows and Ponderosa pines. [5] The center had originally been a 500-acre summer estate of Alice Bemis Taylor, a philanthropist and an important Colorado Springs family. Mrs. Taylor held artist-in-residence programs on the estate she called La Foret.