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The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and Pike National Forests in central Colorado.The 43,410-acre (175.7 km 2) wilderness was named after two highly eroded volcanic mountains, East Buffalo Peak and West Buffalo Peak, in the Mosquito Range and was established in 1993.
A meadow near the headwaters of the Middle Fork South Platte River below Montgomery Reservoir in South Park. South Park is a grassland flat within the basin formed by the Rocky Mountains' Mosquito and Park Mountain Ranges [1] within central Colorado. This high valley ranges in elevation from approximately 9,000 to 10,000 ft (3,000 m).
Daniels Park is a former working ranch in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The park is one of the Denver Mountain Parks and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] It is located along Douglas County Road 67 northeast of Sedalia and east of Castle Pines .
Byers Peak was named after William N. Byers, the first mayor of Hot Sulphur Springs and the founder of Colorado's first newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News. The wilderness contains two glacial lakes , two peaks over 12,500 feet (3,800 m), and 23 miles (37 km) of trails.
The Lost Creek Wilderness is a 119,790-acre (485 km 2) wilderness area located in central Colorado in Jefferson and Park counties, south of the town of Bailey. The area is situated entirely within the boundaries of the Pike National Forest. The Lost Creek Scenic Area is a 16,798-acre National Natural Landmark within the Wilderness.
The Ancestral Puebloans lived and travelled the Four Corners area of the Southwestern United States from 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Ancestral Puebloan peoples did not permanently live in the Manitou Springs area, but lived and built their cliff dwellings in the Four Corners area and across the Northern Rio Grande, several hundred miles southwest of Manitou Springs.
It is located on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado, near the Wyoming border, and also in the Routt National Forest to its south. It encompasses 76,394 acres (309.16 km 2) and includes 25 named lakes ranging in size from five to 39 acres (20,000 to 160,000 m 2). There are 85 miles (137 km) of trails in ...
According to the Köppen climate classification system, The Castles is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. [6] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.