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Cherry Creek Dam and reservoir. View is to the south. Dam wall Wildlife in state park. Cherry Creek State Park is a state park in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States.The park consists of a natural prairie and wetland environment with an 880-acre (3.6 km 2) reservoir at its center which is shared by powerboats, sailboats, and paddle craft.
The 140-foot-high (43 m) Cherry Creek Dam, completed in 1950, forms Cherry Creek Reservoir in Cherry Creek State Park, providing flood control and irrigation. The dam lies immediately southeast and southwest of the Denver and Aurora city limits, respectively, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from the creek's confluence with the South Platte.
Cherry Creek Dam (National ID # CO01280) is a dam in Arapahoe County, Colorado, southeast of Denver. The earthen dam was constructed between 1948 and 1950 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 141 feet (43 m) and a length of 14,300 feet (4,400 m) at its crest. [ 2 ]
The largest reservoir entirely contained in Colorado is Blue Mesa Reservoir, with a capacity of 829,500 acre⋅ft (1.0 billion m 3). The total storage of the reservoirs on this list is 3,804,458 acre⋅ft (4.7 billion m 3 ), although not all is allocated for use by Colorado.
Chatfield Reservoir in Chatfield State Park; City Park Lake in Denver; Cherry Creek Reservoir in Cherry Creek State Park; Clear Creek Reservoir in Chaffee County, Colorado; Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir in Summit County, Colorado; Crater Lake in Pitkin County, Colorado; Cheesman Reservoir in Douglas and Jefferson counties, Colorado
Willow Creek Reservoir; Monarch Lake; Meadow Creek Reservoir; A sixth lake, Grand Lake, borders the recreation area on the north. Grand Lake is the largest natural lake in Colorado. Collectively, these six lakes are known as "The Great Lakes of Colorado." [3] The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail passes through the recreation area.
Beginning July 1, 2020, anyone entering a Colorado state wildlife area is required to carry a valid fishing or hunting license. The cheapest license is a fishing license, which costs US$38 in 2020.
Confluence Park is an urban park encompassing the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in Denver's Lower Downtown , a bustling district of 19th-century brick warehouses and storefronts that has been redeveloped since the late 1980s.