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  2. List of prehistoric sites in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    This list of prehistoric sites in the U.S. State of Colorado includes historical and archaeological sites of humans from their earliest times in Colorado to just before the Colorado historic period, which ranges from about 12,000 BC to AD 19th century. The Period is defined by the culture enjoyed at the time, from the earliest hunter-gatherers ...

  3. Garden Park, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Garden Park is a paleontological site in Fremont County, Colorado, known for its Jurassic dinosaurs and the role the specimens played in the infamous Bone Wars of the late 19th century. Located 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Cañon City , the name originates from the area providing vegetables to the miners at nearby Cripple Creek in the 19th century.

  4. List of Colorado state parks - Wikipedia

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    Cheyenne Mountain State Park: El Paso: 1,680 680 2006 Crawford State Park: Delta, Montrose: 734 297 1964 Eldorado Canyon State Park: Boulder: 885 358 1978 Eleven Mile State Park: Park: 7,662 3,101 1970 Elkhead Reservoir State Park: Moffat, Routt: 2,200 890 2006 Fishers Peak State Park: Las Animas: 19,200 7,800 2020 The park opened on October 30 ...

  5. Purgatoire River track site - Wikipedia

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    Theropod footprint at the Purgatoire River dinosaur track site, Picket Wire Canyonlands, Colorado, U.S.A. Interp Panel 1 Interp Panel 2 Interp Panel 3. The Purgatoire River track site, also called the Picketwire Canyonlands tracksite, is one of the largest dinosaur tracksites in North America. [1]

  6. Steamboat Rock (Dinosaur National Monument) - Wikipedia

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    This iconic landmark of Dinosaur National Monument is situated at the confluence of the Green River and Yampa River. Precipitation runoff from this feature drains into the Green River. This geographical formation was originally named "Echo Rock" in John Wesley Powell 's 1875 report, The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons .

  7. List of protected areas of Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Dinosaur National Monument [d] near Dinosaur (80 acres October 4, 1915, Wilson, additional 200,000 acres July 14, 1938, F. Roosevelt) Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument near Florissant (August 20, 1969, Nixon )

  8. List of National Natural Landmarks in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    [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 several municipal, state and federal agencies. [3] The National Natural Landmarks Program is administered by the National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior. The ...

  9. Category:Tourist attractions in Colorado - Wikipedia

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