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Camping reservations can be made year-round and a maximum of six months before your arrival date.

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Plan your next adventure!

Camping reservations can be made year-round and a maximum of six months before your arrival date.

Reserve your campsite today!
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Video: Anglers like me? We’re a pain in the ANS.

Protect our Waters

Be a pain in the ANS!

Invasive mussels, plants, and other invertebrates are a growing threat to our state's incredible water resources. Help protect what we love and always clean, drain, and dry your gear between each and every use. When you go fishing, there’s more than just a big one on the line. The future of Colorado’s water is in our hands (and on our boots).

Be a pain in the ANS and stop aquatic invaders in their tracks!

Help stop ANS!
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Special Edition

Colorado Outdoors Magazine's Annual State Park Issue

The 2025 Colorado state parks issue is full of ideas for recreating in our beautiful state. Read about the Keep Colorado Wild Pass, the Dark Sky Movement, Colorado's moths and butterflies, and much more. View the contents.

Purchase your copy! Subscribe for $13/year
Wolf runs across a snow-covered field in British Columbia as a helicopter flies overhead during capture operations in January 2025.

Wolf runs across a snow-covered field in British Columbia as a helicopter flies overhead during capture operations in January 2025.

Wolf Update

CPW concludes second year of gray wolf capture and release efforts

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) completed capture and release work for the second gray wolf reintroduction season in support of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. Fifteen wolves were translocated from the central interior of British Columbia to Colorado. 

Learn more about the 2025 capture and release.
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Featured Resource

Wolf-Livestock Conflict Minimization Program Guide

The Wolf-Livestock Conflict Minimization Program Guide provides information on a variety of tools and methods available for livestock producers to employ in efforts to reduce the likelihood of wolf-livestock conflicts and establishes a framework for CPW’s response, along with available support from other state, federal and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

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2024 Colorado Outdoors Photo Issue

Special Issue

2024 Colorado Outdoors Photo Issue

The 2024 Colorado Outdoors Photo Issue is here and brimming with stunning photos of Colorado's diverse wildlife, landscapes and recreation. Get your copy today!

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Find the Perfect Park and Get Outside

Wherever you go in Colorado, there’s a state park waiting to welcome you. Colorado’s state parks are as diverse as the state itself, and they offer something for everyone. From Eastern Plains parks at 3,800 feet to high-mountain parks at 9,500, the network of state parks offers a wealth of activities for busy people of all ages, or the chance to do nothing at all.

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Ridgway State Park

Kayaking at Ridgway State Park

Ridgway State Park

Find the Perfect Park and Get Outside

Wherever you go in Colorado, there’s a state park waiting to welcome you. Colorado’s state parks are as diverse as the state itself, and they offer something for everyone. From Eastern Plains parks at 3,800 feet to high-mountain parks at 9,500, the network of state parks offers a wealth of activities for busy people of all ages, or the chance to do nothing at all.

Park Finder

Plan your next adventure

Camping and Lodging

Colorado's state parks manage more than 4,000 campsites throughout the state. Weekdays offer your pick of prime campsites, cabins, or yurts and allow you to explore and discover Colorado’s diverse landscapes and attractions.

Get started!
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From the Newsroom

CPW offers $1 million in grants to reduce human-bear conflicts

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently opened a new round of grant funding to provide local Colorado communities with resources to reduce human-bear conflicts through the Human-Bear Conflict Reduction Community Grant Program. The application deadline is May 30, 2025.

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Something for Everyone

You can play on land or on water. On a high peak or on the prairie. In the country or the city. In spring, summer, winter or fall.​

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Upcoming Events

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Apr

10

Little Naturalists: Super Seasons

Thursday, Apr 10

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for a Little Naturalists' celebration of the seasons. This program is designed for preschool age children and their grown-ups. Participants will enjoy a story time, followed by educational activities, and arts & crafts. Explore questions including: Why do we have seasons? What happens as the seasons change? and How do these changes impact wildlife?
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Wildflowers

Apr

10

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Event participants must register

Little Naturalists: Super Seasons

Thursday, Apr 10

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for a Little Naturalists' celebration of the seasons. This program is designed for preschool age children and their grown-ups. Participants will enjoy a story time, followed by educational activities, and arts & crafts. Explore questions including: Why do we have seasons? What happens as the seasons change? and How do these changes impact wildlife?
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Apr

11

Basic Survival for Kids

Friday, Apr 11

Mueller State Park

Discover how befriending a tree can help you if you get lost. 2-3 p.m.
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Apr

11

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Basic Survival for Kids

Friday, Apr 11

Mueller State Park

Discover how befriending a tree can help you if you get lost. 2-3 p.m.
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Apr

12

SUN-Day in the Park

Saturday, Apr 12

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Join us for SUN-Day on a Saturday! The Colorado Springs Astronomical Society (CSASTRO) will set up special solar observing telescopes at the Limekiln Trailhead, providing a way to safely view the Sun's atmosphere. The Sun is at solar maximum and so, with the specially designed solar observing telescopes, we’re looking forward to seeing some amazing views of our dynamic star. This program is free. No advanced registration is required. All vehicles that enter the park are required to have a valid park pass.
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Apr

12

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

SUN-Day in the Park

Saturday, Apr 12

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Join us for SUN-Day on a Saturday! The Colorado Springs Astronomical Society (CSASTRO) will set up special solar observing telescopes at the Limekiln Trailhead, providing a way to safely view the Sun's atmosphere. The Sun is at solar maximum and so, with the specially designed solar observing telescopes, we’re looking forward to seeing some amazing views of our dynamic star. This program is free. No advanced registration is required. All vehicles that enter the park are required to have a valid park pass.
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Wildflowers

Apr

10

Little Naturalists: Super Seasons

Thursday, Apr 10

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for a Little Naturalists' celebration of the seasons. This program is designed for preschool age children and their grown-ups. Participants will enjoy a story time, followed by educational activities, and arts & crafts. Explore questions including: Why do we have seasons? What happens as the seasons change? and How do these changes impact wildlife?
View Details
Wildflowers

Apr

10

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

Little Naturalists: Super Seasons

Thursday, Apr 10

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for a Little Naturalists' celebration of the seasons. This program is designed for preschool age children and their grown-ups. Participants will enjoy a story time, followed by educational activities, and arts & crafts. Explore questions including: Why do we have seasons? What happens as the seasons change? and How do these changes impact wildlife?
View & Register
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Keep Colorado Wild Pass — The Outdoors are for Everyone

For only $29, get a Keep Colorado Wild Pass with your next vehicle registration and share your love of Colorado’s outdoors. The pass gives you entry to all state parks and helps fund outdoor education opportunities in local communities.

State Parks & Recreation—Your pass helps manage Colorado’s 42 state parks, including keeping them clean and building new trails and facilities.

Backcountry Safety—Your pass supports the volunteer and equipment needs of search and rescue professionals across Colorado and avalanche safety programs through the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. 

Wildlife Conservation—Additional money raised not used for state parks and outdoor safety will be used to support the State Wildlife Action Plan, which helps fund wildlife and habitat conservation work for the 960 species that CPW manages.

Local Communities—Your pass supports our natural resources and helps grow outdoor accessibility and educational programs in local communities.

Learn more!