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The Yampa drains 7,660 square miles (19,800 km 2) of mostly semi-arid plateau country in northwestern Colorado and a small portion of southern Wyoming. The bulk of the watershed is located between the Park Range, to the east; the Flat Tops, to the south; and the Uinta Mountains, to the west.
Yampa River State Park provides 13 access points for boaters along 134 miles (216 km) of the Yampa River from Hayden to the eastern boundary of Dinosaur National Monument. [2] Walkways and hiking trails explore the river's canyons and riparian zones , surrounding rock formations , and natural habitats .
The Stagecoach Dam was built on the Yampa River in late 1988, and its reservoir filled over the next several years. The reservoir now hosts Stagecoach State Park and offers fishing, boating, camping, hiking, and winter cross-country skiing and dog-sledding. [3]
Yampa—Green—Colorado The Williams Fork is a 27.4-mile-long (44.1 km) [ 2 ] tributary of the Yampa River , in north central Colorado in the United States . See also
The Bear River is a 22.7-mile-long (36.5 km) [2] tributary of the Yampa River. Its source is in the Flat Tops Wilderness above Stillwater Reservoir in Garfield County, Colorado . The Bear River flows northeast into Routt County and joins the Yampa River just east of the town of Yampa .
The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River, approximately 155 miles (249 km) long, in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in the United States. It rises near the continental divide , in Routt National Forest in northern Routt County, Colorado , along the northern edge of the Park Range .
Gates of Lodore - Entrance to Lodore Canyon - Green River - Dinosaur National Monument. The Gates of Lodore is the scenic entrance to the Canyon of Lodore, a canyon on the Green River in northwestern Colorado, United States. [1] The name Gates of Lodore has become synonymous with the canyon itself and the two names are used interchangeably.
Steamboat Springs – known colloquially as "The Boat" – is located in the upper valley of the Yampa River, along U.S. Highway 40, just west of the Continental Divide and Rabbit Ears Pass. It is located approximately 150 miles northwest of Denver , and sits approximately 45 miles south of the Wyoming border. [ 11 ]