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Trinidad Lake State Park is a state park 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Trinidad, Colorado, United States. The park protects Trinidad Lake, a dammed reservoir. There are hiking trails, and camping and boating opportunities. [2] The park features historical attractions such as the coal mining ruins at Cokedale. An exposure of the Cretaceous ...
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 ...
Fishers Peak State Park and Trinidad Lake State Park are recreational lands in the watershed. The Purgatoire River watershed is lightly populated and its population has been declining for almost 100 years. Las Animas County in which most of the watershed is located has seen its population drop by more than 60 percent since 1930.
Trinidad is situated in the Purgatoire River valley in far southern Colorado at an elevation of 6,025 ft (1,836 m). The city lies 13 mi north of the New Mexico border. On the northern end of the town is Simpson's Rest , a prominent bluff named for early resident George Simpson, who is buried atop it.
Adjoining Fishers Peak State Park on the east are two Colorado State Wildlife Areas (SWA): Lake Dorothey, 5,152 acres (2,085 ha), and James M. John, 8,339 acres (3,375 ha). Lake Dorothey also adjoins Sugarite Canyon State Park, 3,600 acres (1,500 ha), in New Mexico. The total contiguous acreage in public ownership is thus about 36,000 acres ...
The U.S. State of Colorado is home to 101 fishes, 55 of which are native. [1] Twenty-three native species are threatened or endangered at either the federal or state level. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The federally endangered species are the Humpback Chub ( Gila cypha ), Bonytail ( Gila elegans) , Colorado Pikeminnow ( Ptychocheilus lucius ), and ...
Las Animas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census , the population was 14,555. [ 1 ] The county seat is Trinidad . [ 2 ]
Lake Pueblo State Park is a state park located in Pueblo County, Colorado. It includes 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline and 10,000 acres (40 km 2 ) of land. Activities it offers include two full-service marinas , recreational fishing , hiking , camping and swimming at a special swim beach.