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State of Colorado Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east ...
has designated 96 natural areas of the state for special protection, as of 2023. The Colorado Natural Areas Program was established in 1977 to preserve and protect special areas of the state with distinctive
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ecological Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecology overlaps with the closely re ...
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state parks system and the wildlife of the U.S. state of Colorado. Responsibilities include state parks, wildlife areas, and the Colorado Natural Areas Program. History *1937 – The state legislature ap ...
that identifies and protects public, and in some cases private, areas with at least one unique or high-quality natural feature of statewide significance. Land management agreements are made with landowners concerning private property. __TOC__


Natural areas

The Colorado Natural Areas are: * Aiken Canyon Natural Area * Antero-Salt Creek Natural Area * Arikaree River Natural Area *
Badger Wash Natural Area Badgers are medium-sized short-legged omnivores in the superfamily Musteloidea. Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat bodies and adaptions for fossorial activity rather than by their ...
* Blacks Gulch Natural Area * Blue Mountain-Little Thompson Fault Natural Area *
Bonny Prairie Natural Area Bonny Lake State Park is a former state park located in Yuma County, Colorado near Hale. Created in 1966 and closed in 2011, Bonny Lake was the easternmost state park in Colorado. History In September and October 2011, Bonny Reservoir was ...
* Boulder Mountain Park Natural Area in
Boulder Mountain Park In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock (geology), rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobble (geology), cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, ot ...
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Brush Creek Fen Natural Area A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped during u ...
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California Park Natural Area California () is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the sout ...
* Castlewood Canyon Natural Area in Castlewood Canyon State Park *
Chalk Bluffs Natural Area The Chalk Bluffs is a barren chalk escarpment in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Colorado, stretching from the Wyoming border east of I-25 to near the South Platte River in Logan County and Weld County. Geology The Chalk Bluffs expo ...
* Coal Creek Tallgrass Prairie * Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Natural Area * Comanche Grassland Lesser Prairie Chicken Natural Area in
Comanche National Grassland Comanche National Grassland is a National Grassland located in southeastern Colorado, United States. It is the sister grassland of Cimarron National Grassland and contains both prairie grasslands and canyons. It is separated into two sections, ...
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Copeland Willow Carr Natural Area Copeland or Copeland's may refer to: Places Australia * Copeland, New South Wales Canada * Copeland Islands (Nunavut) * Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park, in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia * Mount Copeland, also Copeland Ridg ...
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Corral Bluffs Natural Area A pen is a fenced/walled open-air enclosure for holding land animals in captivity, typically for livestock but may also be used for holding other domesticated animals such as pets that are unwanted inside buildings. The term describes types o ...
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Cross Mountain Canyon Natural Area A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two intersecting lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in ...
* Dakota Hogback Natural Area commonly known as
Dinosaur Ridge Dinosaur Ridge is a segment of the Dakota Hogback in the Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark located in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the town of Morrison, Colorado, Morrison and just west of Denver. In 1877 Arthur Lakes, a clerg ...
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Deer Gulch Natural Area A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) an ...
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Dome Rock Natural Area A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a m ...
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Dome Rock State Wildlife Area A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a m ...
* Droney Gulch Natural Area *
Duck Creek Natural Area Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form ta ...
* Dudley Bluffs Natural Area * East Lost Park Natural Area in
Pike National Forest The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas an ...
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East Sand Dunes Natural Area State Forest State Park is a Colorado State Park located in Jackson and Larimer counties east of Walden, Colorado, United States. The park was established in 1970 in the Medicine Bow Range of the Rocky Mountains. Facilities include a visitors ...
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Elephant Rocks Natural Area Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ('' Loxodonta africana''), the African forest elephant (''L. cyclotis''), and the Asian elephant (''Elephas maximus''). ...
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Escalante Canyon Natural Area Escalante may refer to: People *Amat Escalante (born 1979), Mexican filmmaker *Bernardino de Escalante (1537–after 1605), 16th-century Spanish writer, author of one of the first European books on China *Enrique Escalante (born 1984), Puerto Rica ...
* Fairview Natural Area * Fourmile Creek Natural Area * Fruita Paleontological Locality * Garden Park Fossil Locality * Gateway Palisade Natural Area *
Geneva Basin Iron Fens Natural Area Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...
* Gothic Research Natural Area in
Gunnison National Forest The Gunnison National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 1,672,136 acres (2,612.71 sq mi, or 6,766.89 km2) Gunnison Gravels Research Natural Area * Haviland Lake Natural Area in
Haviland Lake State Wildlife Area Haviland can refer to: People *Haviland (given name) * Aslaug Haviland (1913–2003), deaf and blind Norwegian woman and motivational speaker * Chris Haviland (born 1952), Australian politician * David B. Haviland (born 1961), Swedish-American ...
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High Creek Fen Natural Area High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift to ...
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High Mesa Grassland Natural Area High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift to ...
* Hoosier Ridge Research Natural Area on the
Continental Divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
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Pike National Forest The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas an ...
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White River National Forest White River National Forest is a National Forest in northwest Colorado. It is named after the White River that passes through its northern section. It is the most visited National Forest in the United States, primarily from users of the twel ...
* Hurricane Canyon Natural Area in
Pike National Forest The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas an ...
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Indian Spring Natural Area Indian or Indians may refer to: Associated with India * of or related to India ** Indian people ** Indian diaspora ** Languages of India ** Indian English, a dialect of the English language ** Indian cuisine Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
* Indian Springs Trace Fossil Locality *
Irish Canyon Natural Area Irish Canyon is a valley in Moffat County in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Colorado, at 6,099 feet in elevation according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The Bureau of Land Management states the elevation in the valle ...
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Jimmy Creek Natural Area Jimmy may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy * ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma * ''Jimmy'' (2013 f ...
* Ken-Caryl Ranch Natural Area * Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Locality *
Limestone Ridge Natural Area Limestone is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Limestone forms when these ...
* Lookout Mountain Natural Area *
Lower Greasewood Creek Natural Area Lower may refer to: * ''Lower'' (album), 2025 album by Benjamin Booker *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is sit ...
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McElmo Natural Area The McElmo Phase refers to a period in the late 11th and early 12th centuries when drastic changes in ceramics and masonry techniques appeared among the people living in Chaco Canyon in what is now New Mexico in the American Southwest. Char ...
* Mexican Cut Natural Area * Mini-Wheeler Natural Area *
Miramonte Reservoir Natural Area Miramonte may refer to: * Miramonte, California, in Fresno County * Miramonte High School, in Orinda, California * Miramonte Elementary School, an elementary school within the Los Angeles Unified School District in which child abuse scandals broke ...
in Dan Noble State Wildlife Area * Mishak Lakes Natural Area * Mount Callahan & Logan Wash Mine Natural Area * Mount Emmons Iron Bog Natural Area in
Gunnison National Forest The Gunnison National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 1,672,136 acres (2,612.71 sq mi, or 6,766.89 km2) Mount Goliath Natural Area Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
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Arapaho National Forest Arapaho National Forest is a National Forest located in north-central Colorado, United States. The region is managed jointly with the Roosevelt National Forest and the Pawnee National Grassland from the United States Forest Service office in ...
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Narraguinnep Natural Area Narraguinnep Natural Area is a 2,922 acre natural area in Dolores County, Colorado that is owned by the United States Forest Service. It was designated a natural area in 1980. The Colorado Natural Area includes Narraguinnep Canyon, which is lo ...
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San Juan National Forest The San Juan National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering over 1,878,846 acres (2,935.7 sq mi, or 7,603.42 km²) in western Colorado. The forest occupies land in Archuleta, Conejos, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezum ...
* Needle Rock Natural Area * North Park Phacelia Natural Area *
Orient Mine Natural Area The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term ''Occident'', which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a meto ...
* Owl Canyon Pinyon Grove Natural Area * Pagosa Skyrocket Natural Area * Paradise Park Natural Area in
Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is s ...
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Park Creek Hogback Natural Area A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. N ...
* Pyramid Rock Natural Area * Rabbit Valley Natural Area * Rajadero Canyon Natural Area *
Raven Ridge Natural Area Raven Ridge is a starkly visible sedimentary rock exposure located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado and Uintah County, Utah, USA. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The ridge contains a diverse selection of rare plants unique to the ...
* Redcloud Peak Natural Area *
Rough Canyon Natural Area Rough may refer to: * Roughness (disambiguation) * Rough (golf), the area outside the fairway on a golf course Geography * Rough (facility), former gas field now gas storage facility, off the Yorkshire coast of England People * Alan Rough (born ...
* Roxborough Natural Area in and near
Roxborough State Park Roxborough State Park is a state park of Colorado, United States, known for dramatic red sandstone formations. Located in Douglas County south of Denver, Colorado, the park was established in 1975. In 1980 it was recognized as a National N ...
* Ryan Gulch Natural Area *
Saddle Mountain Natural Area A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other animals. It is not known p ...
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Pike National Forest The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, United States, west of Colorado Springs including Pikes Peak. The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas an ...
* San Miguel River at Tabeguache Creek Natural Area *
Sand Creek Natural Area Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is usually defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural cl ...
* Shell Duck Creek Natural Area *
Shell Rock Natural Area Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (structure), a thin structure ** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses Science Biology * Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine ani ...
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Slumgullion Earthflow Natural Area The Slumgullion Earthflow is a remnant of a landslide in the San Juan Mountains in Hinsdale County, Colorado. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1983. It is also a Colorado Natural Area and an Area of Critical Environmental Conce ...
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San Juan National Forest The San Juan National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering over 1,878,846 acres (2,935.7 sq mi, or 7,603.42 km²) in western Colorado. The forest occupies land in Archuleta, Conejos, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezum ...
* South Beaver Creek Natural Area *
South Boulder Creek Natural Area South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
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South Cathedral Bluffs Natural Area South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
* Specimen Mountain Research Natural Area in
Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is s ...
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Staunton Natural Area Staunton State Park is a Colorado state park in Park and Jefferson counties, located west of Conifer, Colorado. The park, which opened on May 18, 2013, includes dramatic rock outcroppings, several streams and a waterfall. On December 4, 201 ...
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Staunton State Park Staunton State Park is a Colorado state park in Park and Jefferson counties, located west of Conifer, Colorado. The park, which opened on May 18, 2013, includes dramatic rock outcroppings, several streams and a waterfall. On December 4, 201 ...
* Tamarack Ranch Natural Area in Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area * Treasurevault Mountain Natural Area * Trinidad K-T Boundary Natural Area in
Trinidad Lake State Park Trinidad Lake State Park is a state park west of Trinidad, Colorado, United States. The park protects Trinidad Lake, a dammed reservoir. There are hiking trails, and camping and boating opportunities. The park features historical attractions su ...
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Two Buttes Natural Area 2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and the only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many ...
* Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area *
Wacker Ranch Natural Area Wacker may refer to: People *Wacker von Wackenfels * The Whacker, poker player Garry Bush's nickname * Wacker (surname) * ''Wacker'', a colloquial term for an inhabitant of Wirral, England; a partial synonym for "scouser" Places * Wacker (Heve) ...
* West Creek Natural Area in
Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is s ...
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Wheeler Geologic Natural Area The Wheeler Geologic Area is a highly eroded outcropping of layers of volcanic ash, located in the San Juan Mountains in southern Colorado, United States. It is about 10 miles east north-east of Creede. The ash is the result of eruptions from ...
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La Garita Wilderness The La Garita Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in the La Garita Mountains of southern Colorado. The wilderness established in 1964 in Gunnison and Rio Grande National Forests includes segments of the Colorado Trail and the Cont ...
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Rio Grande National Forest Rio Grande National Forest is a 1.86 million-acre (7,530 km2) U.S. National Forest located in southwestern Colorado. The forest encompasses the San Luis Valley, which is the world's largest agricultural alpine valley, as well as one of t ...
* White Rocks Natural Area * Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area * Zapata Falls Natural Area


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List of protected areas of Colorado This is a list of protected areas in the U.S. State of Colorado. __TOC__ Federal lands The United States federal government owns 36.23% of Colorado's total land area. National Park System The National Park System includes 23 areas in Colorado. ...
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Bibliography of Colorado This is a bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado. __TOC__ General history * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Sibley, George. ''Water Wranglers - The 75-Year History of the Colorado River District: A Story About the Embattled Co ...
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Geography of Colorado The geography of the U.S. State of Colorado is diverse, encompassing rugged mountainous terrain, vast plains, desert lands, desert canyons, and mesas. Colorado is a landlocked U.S. state. In 1861, the United States Congress defined the boun ...
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History of Colorado The region that is today the U.S. state of Colorado has been inhabited by Native Americans and their Paleoamerican ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly more than 37,000 years. The eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major mi ...
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Index of Colorado-related articles This is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. State of Colorado. 0–9 * .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado * 4 Corners ** 4 Corners Monument * 6th Principal Meridian * 10-mile Range * 10 ...
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List of Colorado-related lists The following two master lists include links to lists related to the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado. #Colorado-related lists by topic #Alphabetical list of Colorado-related lists Colorado-related lists by topic General lists *Bib ...
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Outline of Colorado The following Outline (list), outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Colorado: Colorado – List of U.S. states and territories by population#State and territory rankings, 22nd most populous, the Lis ...


References


External links


Colorado state government website

Colorado Department of Natural Resources website
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife website
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Colorado Natural Areas Program
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