This is a list of state parks in the Colorado State Parks system.
The Colorado State Parks system integrates outdoor recreation with tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, there are two in development. Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year. Colorado State Parks celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2009.
This agency also takes lead in managing Colorado's boating, off-highway vehicle, snowmobile, river-outfitter licensing, and trails programs.
| Park Name | County or Counties |
Area | Year opened |
Remarks | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area | Chaffee, Fremont, Lake, Pueblo |
70036193000000000006,193 acres (2,506 ha) | 1998 | ||
| Barr Lake State Park | Adams | 70032715000000000002,715 acres (1,099 ha) | 1977 | ||
| Bonny Lake State Park | Yuma | 70034793000000000004,793 acres (1,940 ha) | 1966 | ||
| Boyd Lake State Park | Larimer | 7002334000000000000334 acres (135 ha) | 1965 | ||
| Castlewood Canyon State Park | Douglas | 70032621000000000002,621 acres (1,061 ha) | 1964 | ||
| Chatfield State Park | Douglas, Jefferson |
70033895000000000003,895 acres (1,576 ha) | 1975 | ||
| Cherry Creek State Park | Arapahoe | 70033346000000000003,346 acres (1,354 ha) | 1959 | ||
| Cheyenne Mountain State Park | El Paso | 70031680000000000001,680 acres (680 ha) | 2006 | ||
| Crawford State Park | Delta, Montrose |
7002734000000000000734 acres (297 ha) | 1964 | ||
| Eldorado Canyon State Park | Boulder | 7002885000000000000885 acres (358 ha) | 1978 | ||
| Eleven Mile State Park | Park | 70037662000000000007,662 acres (3,101 ha) | 1970 | ||
| Golden Gate Canyon State Park | Jefferson, Gilpin |
700411998000000000011,998 acres (4,855 ha) | 1960 | ||
| Harvey Gap State Park | Garfield | 7002320000000000000320 acres (130 ha) | 1987 | ||
| Highline Lake State Park | Mesa | 7002563000000000000563 acres (228 ha) | 1967 | ||
| Jackson Lake State Park | Morgan | 70033305000000000003,305 acres (1,337 ha) | 1965 | ||
| James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park | Mesa | 7002890000000000000890 acres (360 ha) | 1994 | ||
| John Martin Reservoir State Park | Bent | 700413176000000000013,176 acres (5,332 ha) | 2001 | ||
| Lake Pueblo State Park | Pueblo | 700410279000000000010,279 acres (4,160 ha) | 1975 | ||
| Lathrop State Park | Huerfano | 70031596000000000001,596 acres (646 ha) | 1962 | ||
| Lone Mesa State Park | Dolores | 700411702000000000011,702 acres (4,736 ha) | N/A | Under development. | |
| Lory State Park | Larimer | 70032492000000000002,492 acres (1,008 ha) | 1975 | ||
| Mancos State Park | Montezuma | 7002553000000000000553 acres (224 ha) | 1987 | ||
| Mueller State Park | Teller | 70035112000000000005,112 acres (2,069 ha) | 1988 | ||
| Navajo State Park | Archuleta, La Plata |
70035087000000000005,087 acres (2,059 ha) | 1964 | ||
| North Sterling State Park | Logan | 70035700000000000005,700 acres (2,300 ha) | 1992 | ||
| Paonia State Park | Gunnison | 70031857000000000001,857 acres (752 ha) | 1964 | ||
| Pearl Lake State Park | Routt | 7002300000000000000300 acres (120 ha) | 1964 | ||
| Ridgway State Park | Ouray | 70033201000000000003,201 acres (1,295 ha) | 1989 | ||
| Rifle Falls State Park | Garfield | 700148000000000000048 acres (19 ha) | 1966 | ||
| Rifle Gap State Park | Garfield | 70031341000000000001,341 acres (543 ha) | 1966 | ||
| Roxborough State Park | Douglas | 70033317000000000003,317 acres (1,342 ha) | 1975 | ||
| San Luis State Park | Alamosa | 7002586000000000000586 acres (237 ha) | 1993 | ||
| Spinney Mountain State Park | Park | 70036080000000000006,080 acres (2,460 ha) | 1987 | ||
| St. Vrain State Park | Weld | 7002688000000000000688 acres (278 ha) | 1965 | ||
| Stagecoach State Park | Routt | 70031641000000000001,641 acres (664 ha) | 1965 | ||
| State Forest State Park | Jackson, Larimer |
700470838000000000070,838 acres (28,667 ha) | 1970 | ||
| Staunton State Park | Park, Jefferson |
70033652000000000003,652 acres (1,478 ha) | N/A | Under development. | |
| Steamboat Lake State Park | Routt | 70032820000000000002,820 acres (1,140 ha) | 1967 | ||
| Sweitzer Lake State Park | Delta | 7002210000000000000210 acres (85 ha) | 1972 | ||
| Sylvan Lake State Park | Eagle | 70031548000000000001,548 acres (626 ha) | 1987 | ||
| Trinidad Lake State Park | Las Animas | 70032860000000000002,860 acres (1,160 ha) | 1980 | ||
| Vega State Park | Mesa | 70031823000000000001,823 acres (738 ha) | 1967 | ||
| Yampa River State Park | Routt, Moffat |
70033112000000000003,112 acres (1,259 ha) | 1998 |
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