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  • Conejos12
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  • Las Animas37
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  • Adams1
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  • Hinsdale28
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  • Kiowa32
  • Kit Carson33
  • La Plata34
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  • Larimer36
  • Las Animas37
  • Lincoln38
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  • Mineral41
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  • Morgan45
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  • Routt55
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  • San Miguel58
  • Sedgwick59
  • Summit60
  • Teller61
  • Washington62
  • Weld63
  • Yuma64
       
  • Aiken Canyon869
  • Air Force Academy947
  • Akron913
  • Alamosa606
  • Alamosa Canyon and Cat Creek Canyon5
  • Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge608
  • Alamosa River148
  • Alder Creek155
  • Alfred M. Bailey Bird Nesting Area843
  • Allenspark349
  • American Basin92
  • American Lakes130
  • Amherst658
  • Andrews Lake446
  • Andrick Ponds State Wildlife Area1096
  • Animas River251
  • Animas River – North443
  • Animas River – South442
  • Antero Reservoir287
  • Anton ponds248
  • Antonito area12
  • Apex Park786
  • Apishapa State Wildlife Area710
  • Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge123
  • Arbaney Kittle & Sloane Peak Trail616
  • Arena Dust Tours (Prairie-chicken lek viewing)885
  • Aroya619
  • Arvada Reservoir754
  • Aspen579
  • Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES)578
  • Aspen Grove along Jackson CR 6W115
  • Atwood State Wildlife Area633
  • Audubon Nature Center1104
  • Ault area187
  • Aurora Reservoir790
  • Bader Ranch719
  • Baggett Road873
  • Ball Reservoir438
  • Banner Lakes State Wildlife Area177
  • Barr Lake State Park204
  • Baseline Reservoir385
  • Bassam Park812
  • Bauer Lake498
  • Baxter Pass737
  • Baxter Reservoir347
  • Bayfield878
  • Bear Creek Canyon area773
  • Bear Creek Canyon Park952
  • Bear Creek Greenbelt (Denver section)750
  • Bear Creek Greenbelt (Jefferson portion)760
  • Bear Creek Lake Park559
  • Beaver Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area152
  • Beaver Creek Road (FR 135)460
  • Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area948
  • Beebe Draw162
  • Beecher Island area239
  • Bellvue - LaPorte522
  • Belmar Historic Park569
  • Belmear Lake47
  • Bennett212
  • Bent's Old Fort and Oxbow State Wildlife Area431
  • Bergen Park Area776
  • Berkeley Lake and Rocky Mountain Lake739
  • Betasso Preserve378
  • Big Gypsum Valley406
  • Big Johnson Reservoir859
  • Big Marvine Peak235
  • Big Meadows Reservoir136
  • Big Thompson Canyon517
  • Big Thompson River Trail553
  • Bijou Reservoir688
  • Billy Creek State Wildlife Area316
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park396
  • Black Hollow Reservoir184
  • Black Mesa714
  • Black Mesa Area48
  • Black Mountain (Elkhead Mountains)650
  • Blanca and Fort Garland305
  • Blanca Massif303
  • Blanca Wetlands605
  • Blanco River Road840
  • Blue Lake (Adobe Creek Reservoir)220
  • Blue Lake (El Jebel)822
  • Blue Mesa Reservoir295
  • Bluff Lake Nature Center742
  • Bobcat Ridge Natural Area523
  • Bobolink Trailhead384
  • Bohart Ranch963
  • Bolam Pass Road51
  • Bonanza area595
  • Bond829
  • Boreas Pass Road (FR 404)284
  • Bosque del Oso State Wildlife Area702
  • Boulder Creek & 75th Street372
  • Boulder Creek (downtown section)381
  • Boulder Reservoir368
  • Boulder Valley Ranch367
  • Bowles Grove Park797
  • Bowles Reservoir #1763
  • Box Springs279
  • Boyd Lake State Park547
  • Brainard Lake area376
  • Bravo State Wildlife Area637
  • Bridal Veil Falls409
  • Brighton218
  • Bristol335
  • Bristol Head131
  • Broad Canyon960
  • Broadacre Ranch Pond838
  • Broomfield Farmland19
  • Broomfield Nature Area14
  • Brown Lakes State Wildlife Area98
  • Brown's Park National Wildlife Refuge652
  • Brunner Reservoir15
  • Brush Hollow Reservoir and State Wildlife Area803
  • Brush Prairie Ponds State Wildlife Area691
  • Brush State Wildlife Area692
  • Buckeye Reservoir401
  • Buena Vista814
  • Buffalo Pass125
  • Bug Point908
  • Burchfield State Wildlife Area33
  • Burlington628
  • Burnt Mill Road area855
  • Button Rock Preserve350
  • Cabin Creek Road and CO 12579
  • California Park479
  • Calkum Ranch927
  • Cameron Pass129
  • Cameron Pass and upper Poudre Canyon514
  • Camp Bird323
  • Campo415
  • Campo Lek34
  • Canon City Riverwalk799
  • Caribou Ranch Open Space377
  • Carnero Pass Road592
  • Carpenter Ranch475
  • Carrizo Canyon Picnic Area413
  • Carter Lake County Park525
  • Cascade Creek451
  • Castle Creek581
  • Castlewood Canyon State Park60
  • Catamount Recreation Site828
  • Cebolla State Wildlife Area91
  • Cebolla Trail589
  • Cedar Mountain675
  • Cedar Point39
  • Centennial Park798
  • Chase Gulch Reservoir71
  • Chatfield State Park558
  • Cheeseman Reservoir772
  • Cheesman Park and Denver Botanic Gardens744
  • Cheney Reservoir670
  • Cherry Creek Greenbelt747
  • Cherry Creek State Park788
  • Cheyenne Mountain State Park949
  • Cheyenne Wells622
  • Chico Basin Ranch874
  • Chimney Rock Archaeological Area463
  • Chipeta Lakes State Wildlife Area395
  • Cholla patch near Fowler291
  • Cholla stands in western Crowley County250
  • Chubb Park813
  • Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area468
  • City Park743
  • City Reservoir (Grand County)77
  • Clear Creek Canyon28
  • Clear Creek Greenbelt570
  • Clear Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area811
  • Clear Springs Ranch (formerly Hanna Ranch)865
  • Coal Bank Pass444
  • Coal Canyon671
  • Coal Creek Arena793
  • Coalmont Lek124
  • Cochetopa Canyon586
  • Cochetopa Pass and Rabbit Canyon591
  • Coller State Wildlife Area135
  • Colona315
  • Colorado City and Rye557
  • Colorado National Monument665
  • Colorado River State Park (James M. Robb)662
  • Colorado State Forest State Park128
  • Colorado State University campus537
  • Comanche Creek Road (CR 61-69)819
  • Comanche Grasslands (Baca County Section)894
  • Conejos Canyon2
  • Confluence Park340
  • Congor Mesa879
  • Conifer area765
  • Cooper's Ranch294
  • Coors Ponds755
  • Cope249
  • Cordova Pass699
  • Cordova Pass Road111
  • Cornish Area159
  • Cortez Airport and adjoining farmland504
  • Costilla CR G312
  • Cottonwood Canyon36
  • Cottonwood Hollow Natural Area541
  • Cottonwood Lake328
  • Cottonwood Pass810
  • Cottonwood Pass Road834
  • Cottonwood State Wildlife Area693
  • Cottonwood Trailhead and Hayden Lake369
  • Coulter Mesa735
  • County Line Road659
  • County Road 40624
  • County Road M623
  • Cowdrey117
  • Cowdrey Lake State Wildlife Area118
  • CR 10/CR 12 loop319
  • CR 3A/CR 3/CR 17 area320
  • CR 51 x CR 14965
  • CR 75 x 42 ponds705
  • Craig area649
  • Crawford State Recreation Area346
  • Crested Butte886
  • Crestone area597
  • Croke Reservoir208
  • Cross Canyon38
  • Crow Valley Campground160
  • Crowley278
  • Crown Hill Park/Lake/Cemetery562
  • Crystal Lakes617
  • Crystal River Valley575
  • Crystal Springs Ranch941
  • CSU Environmental Learning Center542
  • CU South Campus Ponds383
  • Cucharas Creek Road110
  • Culebra Creek308
  • Cumberland Pass300
  • Daniels Park55
  • De France Reservoir and nearby ponds168
  • De Weese Reservoir647
  • Deep Creek Recreation Area827
  • Deer Trail787
  • Del Norte143
  • Del Norte West to South Fork147
  • Delaney Butte Lakes State Wildlife Area120
  • Derby Mesa826
  • Devil's Backbone518
  • Devils Head62
  • Devil's Stairsteps107
  • DIA Burrowing Owl Colonies217
  • DIA Owl Loop1098
  • Diamond Peak area676
  • Difficult Campground583
  • Dillon Reservoir845
  • Dinosaur National Monument677
  • Dinosaur Ridge Hawkwatch563
  • Divide Road on the Uncompahgre Plateau666
  • Dixon Reservoir/Pine Ridge Natural Area528
  • Dolores area494
  • Dolores Canyon42
  • Dome Lakes State Wildlife Area588
  • Dome Rock Trail697
  • Donath Lake546
  • Dotsero Ponds825
  • Dotsero State Wildlife Area832
  • Doudy Draw and the Mesa Trail390
  • Douglas Mountain654
  • Douglas Pass736
  • Douglas Reservoir530
  • Dove Creek40
  • Drake Lake and nearby lakes185
  • Dry Creek150
  • Dry Creek Basin State Wildlife Area407
  • Dry Mountain Road956
  • Duck Creek State Wildlife Area632
  • Duck Lake544
  • Dune Ridge State Wildlife Area638
  • Dunton Road (FR 535)49
  • Durango Mountain Resort Ski Area and Sig Creek262
  • Eads222
  • Eastlake Reservoir #3206
  • Echo Canyon Lake State Park465
  • Elbert Road and Elbert64
  • Eldorado Canyon State Park389
  • Elephant Rocks599
  • Eleven Mile State Park289
  • Elizabeth432
  • Elkhead Reservoir655
  • Elliott State Wildlife Area694
  • Embargo Creek156
  • Empire24
  • Encampment River Valley114
  • End of 'U' Ranch915
  • Engineer Pass Road94
  • Escalante Canyon887
  • Escalante State Wildlife Area (eastern tracts)341
  • Estes Park516
  • Everett Jackson Ranch718
  • Evergreen area775
  • Evilsizer Lake area686
  • Experimental Forest698
  • Fairmount Cemetery746
  • Fairplay285
  • Fairview Cemetery228
  • Farmer's Pond on 104th St.18
  • Ferndale Picnic Area483
  • Ferris Reservoir842
  • First Fork Road (FR 622)462
  • Fish Creek Falls489
  • Fish Creek SWA907
  • Flagler626
  • Flagler Reservoir State Wildlife Area625
  • Flattops Scenic Byway (Rio Blanco CR 8)232
  • Fleming636
  • Florence804
  • Florida Mesa257
  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument722
  • Forest Road 514 (Dolores County)45
  • Fort Collins City Park/Grandview Cemetery535
  • Fort Lupton818
  • Fort Lyon Area888
  • Fort Lyon Canal512
  • Fort Lyon Wildlife Area510
  • Fort Morgan689
  • Fosset Gulch Road (FR 613)455
  • Fossil Creek Reservoir543
  • Foster, Sanborn and Mulligan Reservoirs172
  • Fountain Creek Regional Park861
  • Four Mile Country738
  • Fourmile Creek Road and Weston Pass Road286
  • Fourmile Travel Management Area815
  • Fowler416
  • FR 503 North of Creede134
  • FR 550768
  • Frank Ranch921
  • Frederick Reservoir and Recreation Area 174
  • Fremont Pass267
  • Frenchman Creek State Wildlife Area882
  • Fruitgrowers Reservoir (Hart's Basin)338
  • Frying Pan River Valley823
  • Galeton195
  • Gallinas Canyon412
  • Garden of the Gods858
  • Gateway Mesa Open Space1105
  • Genessee Mountain Park564
  • Georgetown and Silver Plume22
  • Georgia Pass Road283
  • Glade Lake44
  • Glasser Reservoir17
  • Golden757
  • Golden Gate Canyon568
  • Golden Gate Canyon State Park69
  • Goldfield892
  • Gore Pass76
  • Gould Reservoir397
  • Granada336
  • Grand Lake Area85
  • Grand Mesa663
  • Grand Mesa (south)343
  • Grant281
  • Grant Ranch939
  • Gray Ranch918
  • Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve602
  • Greater Prairie-Chicken areas237
  • Greeley (except north end)194
  • Green Mountain Falls870
  • Green Mountain Reservoir847
  • Greenbelt Plateau Trailhead391
  • Greenhorn Peak102
  • Greenwood area641
  • Gregory Canyon380
  • Grimes Ranch938
  • Groundhog Park Road (FR 650)600
  • Groundhog Reservoir State Wildlife Area46
  • Grover and the CR 124 pond166
  • Guanella Pass23
  • Guffey890
  • Gulnare959
  • Gunbarrel and Niwot area370
  • Gunnison302
  • Gunnison River Bank Swallow colony344
  • Gunnison Sage-Grouse areas41
  • Gunnison Sage-Grouse lek301
  • Gunnison Water Treatment Plant293
  • Gypsum Creek Road and Lede Reservoir836
  • Gypsum Ponds824
  • Hahn's Peak Lake474
  • Hale area903
  • Hall Ranch Open Space352
  • Hamilton Reservoir529
  • Hammer Ranch917
  • Hanging Lake730
  • Hanover Road872
  • Harriman Lake and Henry's Lake761
  • Haswell224
  • Haxtun area656
  • Hayden Creek Campground808
  • Hayden Grouse Leks480
  • Hayden Meadows Recreation Area618
  • Hayman Fire Burn Area723
  • Hebron Waterfowl Area909
  • Heil Valley Ranch365
  • Hermit Basin Recreation Area645
  • Hermit Pass644
  • Hickman Farm946
  • Hidden Lake214
  • Higbee Cemetery423
  • High Creek Fen899
  • High Line Canal (Arapahoe County portion)795
  • High Line Canal (Denver Section)748
  • High Line Canal (Douglas County portion)57
  • Highland Reservoir #2358
  • Highline Lake State Park661
  • Hill Lake and nearby ponds169
  • Hillrose695
  • Hine Lake Park and Blue Heron Pond764
  • Hinman Reservoir74
  • Holly area334
  • Holyoke657
  • Holyoke State Wildlife Area883
  • Home Lake State Wildlife Area145
  • Horse Creek and Black Draw Reservoir280
  • Horse Creek Reservoir430
  • Horseshoe Lake548
  • Horsethief Falls724
  • Horsetooth Mountain County Park526
  • Horsetooth Reservoir527
  • Hot Creek State Wildlife Area6
  • Hot Springs Canyon area596
  • Hot Sulphur Springs82
  • Hotchkiss Federal Fish Hatchery342
  • Hovenweep National Monument501
  • Hoy Mountain893
  • Huerfano Reservoir area856
  • Hugo681
  • Hugo State Wildlife Area683
  • Humane Society Dog Walk Park964
  • Hyatt Lake and nearby ponds756
  • Idaho Springs26
  • Idalia241
  • Ideal Canyon Road112
  • IL Ranch Road857
  • Independence Pass272
  • Independence Pass585
  • Ireland Reservoir #5201
  • Irish Canyon653
  • Ish Reservoir359
  • Jackson County Road 30127
  • Jackson Reservoir687
  • Jarre Canyon Road and Platte River Road61
  • Jean K. Tool State Wildlife Area690
  • Jerry Creek Reservoirs669
  • Jim Baker Reservoir and nearby ponds215
  • Jim Hamm Nature Area360
  • John Martin Reservoir State Park506
  • Johnstown Reservoir179
  • Julesburg613
  • Julesburg State Wildlife Area612
  • Jumbo Reservoir State Wildlife Area609
  • Junction Creek Campground259
  • Karval Area Ranches925
  • Karval State Wildlife Area684
  • Kebler Pass (CR 12)299
  • Keenesburg176
  • Kendrick Lakes762
  • Kenney Reservoir230
  • Ketner Lake Open Space782
  • Ketring Pond792
  • Kim area717
  • King Solomon Creek895
  • Kinney State Wildlife Area682
  • Kiowa area433
  • Kit Carson621
  • Kittredge area774
  • Klassen Farms943
  • Knudson State Wildlife Area639
  • Kodak Watchable State Wildlife Area and Poudre River Trail (western section)181
  • Koenig and Oklahoma Reservoirs180
  • Kremmling78
  • La Garita area598
  • La Jara and Sanford572
  • La Jara Reservoir State Wildlife Area7
  • La Junta429
  • La Plata Canyon256
  • La Plata County Road 136266
  • La Veta106
  • La Veta Pass area304
  • Lafayette Storage Ponds374
  • Lagerman Reservoir and the Swede Lakes362
  • Lake Arbor778
  • Lake Avery and Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area229
  • Lake Catamount471
  • Lake Cheraw422
  • Lake City93
  • Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area712
  • Lake Eileen254
  • Lake Fork of the Gunnison State Wildlife Area90
  • Lake George290
  • Lake Henry274
  • Lake Holbrook420
  • Lake John State Wildlife Area and Alkali Lake119
  • Lake Katherine955
  • Lake Lenore area321
  • Lake Loveland551
  • Lake Maria104
  • Lake Meredith275
  • Lake Rhoda783
  • Lake San Isabel648
  • Lake Thomas173
  • Lamar331
  • Laramie River Road515
  • Larimer County Landfill554
  • Las Animas508
  • Las Animas State Fishing Unit511
  • LaSal Creek958
  • LaSalle196
  • Last Chance247
  • Lathrop State Park105
  • Lazy LW Ranch (The Wilson Ranch)922
  • Lazy UO Ranch716
  • Leadville268
  • Leadville National Fish Hatchery951
  • Left Hand Valley Reservoir area366
  • Leininger Ranch926
  • Lemon Reservoir255
  • Lewis Creek Trail642
  • Limon680
  • Little Dry Creek Trail779
  • Little Gaynor Lake363
  • Little Molas Lake445
  • Lochbuie202
  • Loloff Reservoir163
  • Lone Cone and the Uncompahgre National Forest410
  • Lone Dome State Wildlife Area43
  • Lone Dome State Wildlife Area (Montezuma section)503
  • Long Branch Creek258
  • Long Lake889
  • Long Pond and surrounding lakes533
  • Longspur and Plover areas in Washington County246
  • Lookout Mountain Nature Center and Preserve758
  • Lory State Park520
  • Los Lagos Reservoir #365
  • Loutzenhiser Farms940
  • Loveland Basin Ski Area21
  • Loveland Cemetery550
  • Loveland Pass20
  • Loveland Pass (Summit side)848
  • Lowell Ponds State Wildlife Area209
  • Lower Church Lake567
  • Lower Latham Reservoir161
  • Lower Piedra Campground461
  • Lower Poudre Canyon519
  • LUNA Reservoir165
  • Lyons Area351
  • MacDonald's Reservoir108
  • MacFarlane Reservoir954
  • Mad Creek Trail477
  • Madden Peak Road263
  • Manchester Lake66
  • Mancos area502
  • Manitou Lake and Trout Creek725
  • Manzanola417
  • Maroon Lake580
  • Marshall Mesa392
  • Marshall Pass Road590
  • Marston Reservoir749
  • Massadona678
  • Mayfield Ranch715
  • McClure Pass576
  • McComber Ranch936
  • McElmo Canyon490
  • McIntosh Lake356
  • McKay Lake203
  • McLellan Reservoir54
  • McLellen Reservoir789
  • McPhee Reservoir493
  • Meadow Rd., Rafter J subdivision264
  • Medano Pass Road (east side)876
  • Medano-Zapata Ranch603
  • Melody Tempel Grove929
  • Mesa de Maya area713
  • Mesa Verde National Park500
  • Messex State Wildlife Area (North Unit)634
  • Messex State Wildlife Area (south unit)244
  • Mi Tierra928
  • Middle Mountain Road261
  • Mike Higbee State Wildlife Area337
  • Mile High Duck Club Lakes219
  • Mill Creek298
  • Mill Creek Road839
  • Mills North944
  • Mills South945
  • Miramonte Reservoir405
  • Missouri Lakes70
  • Mitani-Tokuyasu State Wildlife Area191
  • Molas Lake447
  • Monarch Pass330
  • Monte Vista144
  • Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge141
  • Montrose403
  • Morgan Bottoms485
  • Morgan County Sandhills905
  • Mormon Gap233
  • Moss Lake587
  • Mount Elbert Forebay271
  • Mount Evans27
  • Mount Evans State Wildlife Area29
  • Mount Ida86
  • Mount Massive Lakes273
  • Mount Olivet Cemetery566
  • Mount Ouray State Wildlife Area227
  • Mount Sanitas809
  • Mount Shavano State Fish Hatchery and Frantz Lake SWA226
  • Mountain Home Reservoir State Wildlife Area306
  • Mueller State Park726
  • Myers Road871
  • Narraguinnep Reservoir492
  • Navajo Lake Trail841
  • Navajo State Park456
  • Navajo Watchable Wildlife Area457
  • Neegronda Reservoir901
  • Neenoshe Reservoir221
  • Neesopah Reservoir900
  • Nelson Reservoir545
  • Nepesta Marsh957
  • Ninaview Area720
  • North Cheyenne Canon Park953
  • North Clear Creek Campground99
  • North Clear Creek Falls97
  • North Fork Reservoir Road817
  • North Fork State Wildlife Area700
  • North Star Preserve582
  • North Sterling State Park635
  • Northwest Corner679
  • Northwest Open Space207
  • Nucla399
  • Old Lime Creek Road449
  • Old Stage Road867
  • Old Woman Creek157
  • Ophir Creek Road674
  • Ophir Pass Road (FR 679)454
  • Ordway276
  • Orlando and Clark Reservoirs877
  • Otero CR E424
  • Otis245
  • Ouray322
  • Ovid Woods611
  • Oxbow Wildlife Area651
  • P & P Cattle Company919
  • Pagosa Springs464
  • Painter Road (CR 386)200
  • Panama Reservoir area364
  • Paradox Valley400
  • Park Creek153
  • Parker Regional Park58
  • Pastorius State Wildlife Area252
  • Pawnee Buttes and Pawnee N. Grassland (E. section)167
  • Pawnee National Grasslands (western section)158
  • Peach Valley (CR 24.50)345
  • Pearl Lake State Park469
  • Pella Crossing Park355
  • Phantom Canyon805
  • Picket Wire Canyon427
  • Picture Canyon411
  • Piedra Road (Archuleta section)466
  • Piedra Road (Hinsdale section)101
  • Pierce area188
  • Pikes Peak866
  • Pikes Peak Tollway727
  • Pike's Stockade573
  • Pine Valley Ranch Open Space767
  • Pinkham Creek Road912
  • Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site721
  • Pinos Creek151
  • Plaster Reservoir56
  • Platoro Reservoir1
  • Platte Canyon Reservoir52
  • Pleasant Valley325
  • Pole Mountain Reservoir911
  • Pond along CR Z by Costilla county line9
  • Pond along FR 523133
  • Pond east of Kiowa434
  • Ponderosa Grove along CO 86435
  • Ponds along US 285282
  • Poudre River Trail (71st Ave to 95th Ave)192
  • Poudre River Trail (Ft. Collins section)534
  • Poudre River Trail (Greeley section) and Greeley Gravel Pits193
  • Prewitt Reservoir State Wildlife Area243
  • Prince Lakes, Erie and Thomas Reservoirs375
  • Prospect Reservoir197
  • Pueblo City Park850
  • Pueblo Mountain Park854
  • Pueblo Nature Center851
  • Pueblo Reservoir area556
  • Pueblo West555
  • Puett Reservoir497
  • Quaking Creek Ranch846
  • Queens Reservoirs (Neeskah Reservoir area)902
  • Quincy Reservoir791
  • Rabbit Ears Pass and Muddy Pass73
  • Rabbit Mountain Open Space353
  • Rabbit Valley and Brewster Ridge672
  • Radium State Wildlife Area84
  • Rainbow Lake Road (CR 724)297
  • Ramah State Wildlife Area860
  • Rampart Reservoir862
  • Rancho Largo706
  • Rangely Camper Park231
  • Red Canyon Park801
  • Red Lion State Wildlife Area629
  • Red Mountain Pass440
  • Red Rocks Park565
  • Redvale Reservoir404
  • Reservoirs along CO 149132
  • Reservoirs North and East of Greeley190
  • Reservoirs west of Hygiene354
  • Reynolds Open Space Park771
  • Rico50
  • Ridge Road (CR 99 and CR 101)436
  • Ridgway318
  • Ridgway Reservoir317
  • Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery733
  • Rifle Falls State Park732
  • Rifle Gap Reservoir and State Park to Three Forks731
  • Rifle Mountain Park734
  • Rio Blanco Lake & Piceance State Wildlife Area140
  • Rio Grande at CR Z820
  • Rio Grande Canyon13
  • Rio Grande Reservoir and Road Canyon Reservoir100
  • Rio Grande State Wildlife Area146
  • Rio Grande Trail577
  • Rist Canyon521
  • Rito Hondo State Wildlife Area and Continental Reservoir96
  • Riverbend Ponds Natural Area540
  • Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery292
  • Robert F. Clement Park759
  • Roberts Cordova Ranch (Huerfano section)875
  • Roberts Cordova Ranch (Las Animas section)709
  • Rock Creek149
  • Rocking 7K Ranch920
  • Rockwell and Thomas Reservoirs and Highland Lake170
  • Rocky Ford419
  • Rocky Ford Canal418
  • Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge213
  • Rocky Mountain National Park (Larimer section)513
  • Rogers Ranch930
  • Rollins Pass (Boulder County section)394
  • Rollins Pass (east side)67
  • Rollins Pass (West Side)88
  • Roselawn Cemetery852
  • Roxborough State Park53
  • Runyon Lake State Wildlife Area853
  • Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area594
  • Saguache593
  • Saint Vrain Greenway361
  • Saint Vrain State Park198
  • Sambrito Marsh458
  • San Juan River467
  • San Luis Hills11
  • San Luis Lakes601
  • San Luis Valley Floor (Rio Grande County portion)142
  • San Miguel River402
  • San Miguel River Canyon Preserve897
  • San Miguel River South Fork Preserve896
  • San Miguel River Tabeguache Preserve898
  • San Pedro Mesa309
  • Sanchez Reservoir State Wildlife Area310
  • Sand Creek Greenway216
  • Sand Draw State Wildlife Area614
  • Sand Hills673
  • Sand Hills Reservoir175
  • Sands Lake State Wildlife Area225
  • Sandstone Ranch Community Park171
  • Sandy Bluffs State Trust Land240
  • Santa Clara Creek113
  • Santa Fe Trail Hunts (Prairie-Chicken lek tours)884
  • Santala Farms942
  • Sapinero Mesa Road/Lake City Cutoff (CR 26)296
  • Saul's Creek265
  • Schafer Reservoir685
  • Sears Range937
  • Sedgwick area610
  • Seeley Reservoir SWA and nearby lakes189
  • Sego Springs State Wildlife Area10
  • Seibert627
  • Service Creek State Wildlife Area and Sarvis Creek Wilderness473
  • Setchfield State Wildlife Area509
  • Severance area186
  • Seymour Reservoir SWA910
  • Shane's Place933
  • Shelf Road806
  • Sheridan Lake223
  • Shrine Pass831
  • Silver Lake549
  • Silverthorne844
  • Silverton441
  • Silverton Mountain Ski Area453
  • Six and Fifty (6 & 50) Reservoir667
  • Skunk Canyon966
  • Slavonia Trailhead482
  • Slick Rock961
  • Slidin' W Ranch931
  • Sloan's Lake740
  • Slumgullion Pass95
  • Small pond along CR 248
  • Smith Hill Gulch72
  • Smith Reservoir State Wildlife Reservoir313
  • Soaring Hawk Ranch935
  • Sombrero Marsh386
  • Sondermann Park868
  • South Colony Lakes Road646
  • South Fork Elk River (Hinman Trailhead)487
  • South Fork to Coller State Wildlife Area154
  • South Mineral Creek448
  • South Platte Greenbelt (Denver section)752
  • South Platte Greenway Gravel Pits (north section)211
  • South Platte Greenway Gravel Pits (south section)210
  • South Platte Park794
  • South Republican SWA 242
  • South River Road (CR S-112)607
  • South Turkey Creek Canyon784
  • South Valley Park766
  • Southeast Corner of Colorado35
  • Southwest Corner of Mineral County138
  • Southwest Loveland lakes552
  • Spanish Peaks State Wildlife Area950
  • Spinney Mountain State Park288
  • Spring Creek Trail488
  • Spring Creek Trail536
  • Spring Park Reservoir821
  • Springfield414
  • Spud (Potato) Lake450
  • Squaw Canyon37
  • St. Elmo/Chalk Creek Canyon329
  • St. Mary's Glacier25
  • Stabilization Reservoir311
  • Stadtman Mesa234
  • Stagecoach Reservoir State Park472
  • Standley Lake561
  • Steamboat Lake State Park478
  • Stearns Lake393
  • Steele's Meadows327
  • Sterling631
  • Stillwater Reservoir and the Devil's Causeway880
  • Stollsteimer Marsh459
  • Stoneham Pond199
  • Stoner area499
  • Stonewall area701
  • Stony Pass Road770
  • Stratton Open Space863
  • Strawberry Park Hot Springs486
  • Summit Reservoir496
  • Sweitzer Lake State Park339
  • Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch524
  • Sylvan Lake State Park area835
  • Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area630
  • Taylor Ranch962
  • Taylor Reservoir421
  • Teller Lake #5 and Culver Ponds373
  • Temple Canyon Park802
  • Terrace Reservoir4
  • Terry Family Farms923
  • Terry Lake and Clark Reservoir357
  • Terry Ranch924
  • Texas Creek807
  • The Crags696
  • Thomeczek's Wildlife Area and Campgrounds934
  • Thompson Creek Road574
  • Thorn Lake68
  • Thurston Reservoir State Wildlife Area333
  • Tigiwon Road830
  • Tim Williams Ranch707
  • Timnath Reservoir539
  • Timpas426
  • Timpas Creek State Wildlife Area425
  • Tom Frost Reservoir16
  • Totten Reservoir495
  • Trail Gulch Road833
  • Trail Ridge Road (Grand County section)87
  • Trappers Lake881
  • Triangle Grove615
  • Trinchera711
  • Trinchera Peak314
  • Trinidad704
  • Trinidad Lake State Park703
  • Trout Creek Marshes816
  • Trujillo Meadows State Wildlife Area3
  • Tunnel Drive800
  • Turks Pond State Wildlife Area31
  • Turquoise Lake269
  • Twin Lakes (Lake County)270
  • Two Buttes State Wildlife Area30
  • Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge780
  • Unaweep Canyon668
  • Uncompahgre Plateau398
  • Union Reservoir164
  • US 550 between Ouray and San Juan County324
  • Utah Park796
  • Ute Valley Park864
  • Vallecito Reservoir260
  • Valmont Reservoir complex387
  • Varsity Pond382
  • Vega State Park and Reservoir664
  • Veltus Park729
  • Verhoeff Reservoir507
  • Vogel Canyon428
  • Wadley Reservoirs and nearby ponds205
  • Wahatoya Valley109
  • Walden122
  • Walden Ponds/Sawhill Ponds Complex371
  • Walden Reservoir121
  • Waldo Canyon914
  • Walker Pit59
  • Walker Ranch Open Space379
  • Walsenburg103
  • Walsh32
  • Walter & Klein Ranch932
  • Walton Reservoir and Leyden Lake753
  • Waneka Lake388
  • Warren Lake538
  • Washington Park745
  • Waterton Canyon785
  • Wattenburg ponds178
  • Welch Ranch708
  • Welchester Tree Grant Park777
  • Weller Lake584
  • Wellington Lakes531
  • Wellington Reservoir769
  • Wellington State Wildlife Area/Cobb Lake State Wildlife Area532
  • West Fork Road (FR 860)89
  • West Lake Park781
  • West Lime Creek452
  • Westcliffe and Silver Cliff643
  • Westcreek63
  • Westerly Wetlands1099
  • Wetmore area640
  • Wheat Ridge Greenbelt560
  • Wheeler Geologic Area139
  • White Ranch Open Space571
  • Wild Basin348
  • Wild Horse620
  • Wiley Pond332
  • Williams Creek Reservoir849
  • Williams Fork Reservoir81
  • Willow Creek Pass126
  • Willow Creek Reservoir80
  • Willow Swamp along CO 127116
  • Wilson Creek Crossing437
  • Wilson Ranch916
  • Windsor182
  • Windsor Reservoir183
  • Windy Gap Reservoir83
  • Wolf Creek Pass137
  • Wolford Mountain Reservoir75
  • Woodland Park891
  • Woods Lake State Wildlife Area408
  • Wray Area238
  • Wrights Reservoir728
  • Yampa Preserve476
  • Yampa River Core Trail470
  • Yampa River State Wildlife Area484
  • Yankee Boy Basin1094
  • Yellow Jacket Canyon491
  • Yuma236
  • Zapata Falls604
  • Zink's Pond253


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De Weese Reservoir - Custer County
Ownership: None Listed
Description: The largest reservoir in Custer County is often quite productive, and is an essential stop for any Custer County lister. The lake itself often holds large rafts of ducks, and when low can have good mudlflats that have attracted many shorebirds. Gulls and terns can sometimes be seen in small numbers. The grassy bluffs around the lake can often produce good-sized flocks of sparrows. Keep an eye out for hummingbird feeders on the small cabins on the way to the lake, and for sparrows and hawks on the road between De Weese and Westcliffe. The best scanning points for the lake are from the bluff on the SE side, from a similar bluff on the NE side, and from the boat ramps on the north side.
Habitat: Reservoir, Grassland/Prairie
Elevation:
Directions: From the center of Westcliffe, drive north on CO 69 for less than half a mile and take a right onto Lake De Weese Rd (CR 241). Travel north for 4 miles and bear left when CR 241 goes right to the boat ramp. Follow this road to the fifth right (Elk Lane), and take a right. Go to the end of the road to a bluff overlooking the lake. This is the best place from which to scan the southern half of the lake. The northern half of the lake is best scanned from the boat ramp reached by going right at the fork described above rather than left.
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