National Forests Colorado Map
They are spread across the state west of the plains.
National forests colorado map. Funding for this effort is provided by colorado parks and wildlife in the form of grant funding that comes from registration of ohvs in colorado. Arapaho national forest 723 744 acres. The forest contains 19 of the state s 53 fourteeners peaks over 14 000 feet 4 267 m high including mount elbert the highest point in colorado. Colorado please use the map or drop down lists to view the schedule for a particular national forest grassland scenic area recreation area or tall grass prairie.
Year round outdoor recreation can be found in these free federal lands from fishing and camping to snowmobiling and nordic skiing. Roosevelt national forest from mapcarta the free map. You may navigate directly to any other state forest grassland scenic area recreation area or tallgrass prairie sopa page using the following drop down lists or the text only navigation page. Grand mesa national forest 346 555 acres.
The colorado national forests one type of protected public land make up more than 13 million acres of total public land acreage and are home to some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the rocky mountain region. It is one of eleven national forests in the state of colorado and contains the sawatch range the collegiate peaks and sangre de cristo range. Colorado s public lands 11. Routt near steamboat springs.
Alaska has the most national forest land with 21 9 million acres 8 9 million ha followed by california 20 8 million acres 8 4 million ha and idaho 20 4 million acres 8 3 million ha. These maps are kept up to date as the us forest service updates their maps. When you move your cursor over national forests national grasslands wildernesses along with a wide variety of other recreation areas a pop up menu will appear with different selections. San isabel national forest is located in central colorado.
Stay the trail colorado provides a central webpage where the public organizations and agencies can download all us forest service motor vehicle use maps mvum for national forests and grasslands located in colorado. It has a total area of 1 120 233 acres 1 750 36. The stay the trail statewide ohv opportunities map. Rio grande near la jara.
National forests in colorado. Roosevelt national forest is a forest in colorado and has an elevation of 10 896 feet. There may be slight delays when some new windows open. Please move your cursor on the selection you want and click.
Pike near woodland park. This map has more choices and capabilities than previous colorado map versions. Grand mesa 500 sq. An enlargeable map of colorado showing the 11 national forests in red and the 2 national grasslands in light green the 11 national forests within the state of colorado are.
Miles the largest flat topped mountain in the world is located within this western slope national forest. Welcome to the hi speed colorado map. Idaho also has the greatest percent of its land in national forests with 38 2 followed by oregon with 24 7 and colorado with 20 9. Eleven national forests cover millions of acres throughout the rocky mountains.
Arapaho national forest 4. This iconic front.