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Adobe Creek Reservoir
Fee: None
Boating: Boat ramps, sail boating, windsurfing and water-skiing
Water Acres: 5,147
Elevation: 4,128 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

Antero Reservoir
Fee: None
Boating: No restrictions
Water Acres: 5,000 (can fluctuate)
Elevation: 8,940 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

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Blue Mesa Reservoir
Fee: Boat fees (all motorized and state registered vessels): $4 for 2 days, $10 for 14 days, or $30 for a 2000 boat pass
Boating: Five boat ramps, windsurfing, sailing and water-skiing
Water Acres: 9,000
Elevation: 7,519 feet
Managing Agency: Curecanti National Recreation Area. For more information, call (970) 641-2337.

Bonny Lake State Park
Fees: See Bonny Lake State Park Fees.
Boating: During the summer, the surface of the reservoir is zoned with buoys to designate no wake, water-skiing, and swimming areas. Bonny has three boat ramps.
Water Acres: 1,900
Elevation: 3,670 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 354-7306

Boulder Reservoir
Fee: Daily: $4 adults; $1.75 under 18; 4 and under free. Seasonal: Resident -- $80 family; $35 adult; non-resident -- $110 family; $50 adult.
Boating: Motorboats allowed only with city permit, non-motorized boats need no permit
Water Acres: 540
Elevation: 5,173 feet
Managing Agency: Boulder Parks and Recreation. For more information, call (303) 441-3468.

Boyd Lake State Park
Fees: Please see Boyd Lake State Park fees.
Boating: Two paved launch ramps. A six-lane ramp is located north of the swim beach, while a two-lane ramp is located just north of the group picnic area. The entire lake is open to boating and sailing. Only the south end of the lake is open to water-skiing. The ski pattern is counterclockwise.
Water Acres: 1,750
Elevation: 4,958 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 669-1739.

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Carter Lake
Fee: $6 daily fee; $6 daily boat fee; $7 camping
Boating: No restrictions
Water Acres: 1,140
Elevation: 5,760 feet
Managing Agency: Larimer County. For more information, call (970) 679-4570.

Chatfield State Park
Fees: Please see Chatfield State Park Fees.
Boating: Three boat ramps, tow sports, sailboarding, and personal watercraft
Water Acres: 1,550
Elevation: 5,430 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (303) 791-7275.

Cherry Creek State Park
Fees: Please see Cherry Creek State Park Fees.
Boating: Two boat ramps, tow sports, personal watercraft, and sailboarding
Water Acres: 880
Elevation: 5,550 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (303) 699-3860.

Crawford State Park
Fees: Please see Crawford State Park Fees.
Boating: Two boat ramps, tow sports and sailboarding
Water Acres: 397
Elevation: 6,600 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 921-5721.

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Grand Lake
Fee: None
Boating: No restrictions, boat ramp at Grand Lake and Shadow Mountain Reservoir.
Water Acres: 500
Elevation: 8,367 feet
Managing Agency: For more information, call the Grand Lake Chamber of Commerce (970) 627-3402.

Green Mountain Reservoir
Fee: None
Boating: Two boat ramps, no-wake zone on south side of the reservoir.
Water Acres: 2,125
Elevation: 8,000 feet
Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service. For more information, call (970) 468-5400.

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Henry Reservoir
Fee: None
Boating: No restrictions, boat ramps
Water Acres: 1,100
Elevation: 4,360 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

Highline Lake State Park
There are two lakes at Highline Lake State Park, Mack Mesa Lake and Highline Lake.
Boating: Two boat ramps, power boating, jet-skiing and water-skiing; only hand- or electric-powered boats are allowed at Mack Mesa.
Water Acres: 174
Elevation: 4,700 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 858-7208.

Holbrook Resevoir
Boating: Power boating, sail boating, windsurfing and water-skiing, boat ramps
Water Acres: 675
Elevation: 4,150 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

Horse Creek Reservoir
Boating: Power boating, windsurfing and water-skiing, boat ramps
Water Acres: 2,603
Elevation: 4,104 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

Horsetooth Reservoir
Fee: $7 daily
Boating: No restrictions
Water Acres: 2,000
Elevation: 5,400 feet
Managing Agency: Larimer County. For more information, call (970) 679-4570

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John Martin Reservoir
Boating: Boat ramps, power boating, sail boating and water-skiing
Water Acres: 22,325
Elevation: 3,851 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

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Lake Granby
Boating: No restrictions
Water Acres: 7,256 when full
Elevation: 8,280 feet
Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service. For more information, call (970) 887-4100.

Lake Henry
Fee: None
Boating: Power boating, sail boating, sail surfing, water-skiing, boat ramps
Water Acres: 1,350
Elevation: 4,312 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

Lake Pueblo State Park
Fees: See Lake Pueblo State Park Fees.
Boating: Two boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding, and personal watercraft.
Water Acres: 4,646
Elevation: 4,880 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 561-9320.

Lathrop State Park
Fees: See Lathrop State Park Fees.
Boating: Three boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft
Water Acres: 320
Elevation: 6,400 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 738-2376.

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McPhee Reservoir
Boating: Boat ramp, no restrictions
Water Acres: 4,470
Elevation: 6,924 feet
Managing Agency: USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest/Dolores Ranger District. For more information call (970) 882-7296.

Meredith Reservoir
Fee: None
Boating: Boat ramp, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing
Water Acres: 3,700
Elevation: 4,100 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

Miramonte Reservoir
Fee: None
Boating: Boat ramp, power boating and sail surfing; water-skiing and personal watercraft in designated areas only
Water Acres: 420
Elevation: 7,700 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

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Narraguinnep Reservoir
Boating: Boat ramp, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing
Water Acres: 386
Elevation: 7,050 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

North Sterling State Park
Boating: Three boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft
Water Acres: 2,880 (fluctuates during the irrigation season)
Elevation: 4,065 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 522-3657.

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Paonia State Park
Fees: See Paonia State Park Fees.
Boating: One boat ramp, sailboarding, water-skiing and personal watercraft
Water Acres: 350
Elevation: 6,500 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 921-5721.

Platoro Reservoir
Boating: No restrictions
Water Acres: 700
Eevation: 10,035 feet
Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service, Rio Grande National Forest. For more information, call (719) 274-8971.

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Queens State Wildlife Area
Boating: Boat ramps, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing
Water Acres: Nee Gronda: 2,600; Nee Noshe: 3,696; Queens: 1,900.
Elevation: 5,710 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

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Ridgway State Park
Fees: See Ridgway State Park Fees.
Boating: One four-lane, concrete boat ramp, water-skiing, personal watercraft, sailing and sailboarding
Water Acres: 1,000
Elevation: 6,870 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 626-5822.

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Spinney Mountain State Park
Fees: See Spinney Mountain State Park Fees.
Boating: Boating and windsurfing, two boat ramps
Water Acres: 2,520
Elevation: 8,686 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 748-3401.

Stagecoach State Park
Fees: See Stagecoach State Park Fees.
Boating: Personal watercraft, water-skiing, sailboarding and canoeing, two boat launches
Water Acres: 780
Elevation: 7,250 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 736-2436.

Steamboat Lake State Park
Fees: See Steamboat Lake State Park Fees.
Boating: Three boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft
Water Acres: 1,053
Elevation: 8,000 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 879-3922.

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Taylor Reservoir
Fee: None
Boating: No restrictions
Water Acres: 2,009
Elevation: 9,330 feet
Managing Agency: USDA Forest Service, Gunnison Ranger District. For more information call (970) 641-0471 or (970) 944-2500.

Thurston Reservoir
Boating: Boat ramps, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing; Nov. 1 through the last day of waterfowl season is wakeless boating only
Water Acres: 173
Elevation: 3,797 feet
Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192.

Trinidad Lake State Park
Fees: See Trinidad State Park Fees.
Boating: Water-skiing, windsurfing, boat fishing and personal watercraft; all boaters must observe wakeless speeds around the boat launch area, within 150 feet of shore fishermen and as buoyed, one boat ramp
Water Acres: 900 (can fluctuate)
Elevation: 6,300 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 846-6951.

Turquoise Lake
Fee: $4 fee at Matchless boat ramp, Matchless day area, Tabor boat ramp and Butcher Boy, Lady of the Lake and Maid of Erin picnic areas; $5 fee at the dump stations
Boating: Boat ramp, no restrictions
Water Acres: 1,500
Elevation: 9,869 feet
Managing Agency: San Isabel National Forest/Leadville Ranger District. For more information, call (719) 486-0749.

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Vallecito Reservoir
Fee: Boating: $20 annual permit; $7.50 five-day permit
Boating: Boat ramp, no restrictions
Water Acres: 2,700
Elevation: 7,750 feet
Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service, San Juan National Forest. For more information, call (970) 884-2558.

Vega State Park
Fees: See Vega State Park Fees.
Boating: Water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft, three boat ramps.
Water Acres: 900
Elevation: 8,000 feet
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 487-3407.

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Yampa River State Park/Elkhead Reservoir
Fees: See Yampa River State Park Fees.
Boating: Elkhead Reservoir: Personal watercraft, water-skiing, canoeing and windsurfing. Boating prohibited if it creates a white-water wake north of buoy line or within 100 yards of the boat ramp.
Water Acres: 400
Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 824-9473.



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		-A- Adobe Creek Reservoir Fee: None Boating: Boat ramps, sail boating, windsurfing and water-skiing Water Acres: 5,147 Elevation: 4,128 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. Antero Reservoir Fee: None Boating: No restrictions Water Acres: 5,000 (can fluctuate) Elevation: 8,940 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. -B- Blue Mesa Reservoir Fee: Boat fees (all motorized and state registered vessels): $4 for 2 days, $10 for 14 days, or $30 for a 2000 boat pass Boating: Five boat ramps, windsurfing, sailing and water-skiing Water Acres: 9,000 Elevation: 7,519 feet Managing Agency: Curecanti National Recreation Area. For more information, call (970) 641-2337. Bonny Lake State Park Fees: See Bonny Lake State Park Fees. Boating: During the summer, the surface of the reservoir is zoned with buoys to designate no wake, water-skiing, and swimming areas. Bonny has three boat ramps. Water Acres: 1,900 Elevation: 3,670 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 354-7306 Boulder Reservoir Fee: Daily: $4 adults; $1.75 under 18; 4 and under free. Seasonal: Resident -- $80 family; $35 adult; non-resident -- $110 family; $50 adult. Boating: Motorboats allowed only with city permit, non-motorized boats need no permit Water Acres: 540 Elevation: 5,173 feet Managing Agency: Boulder Parks and Recreation. For more information, call (303) 441-3468. Boyd Lake State Park Fees: Please see Boyd Lake State Park fees. Boating: Two paved launch ramps. A six-lane ramp is located north of the swim beach, while a two-lane ramp is located just north of the group picnic area. The entire lake is open to boating and sailing. Only the south end of the lake is open to water-skiing. The ski pattern is counterclockwise. Water Acres: 1,750 Elevation: 4,958 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 669-1739. -C- Carter Lake Fee: $6 daily fee; $6 daily boat fee; $7 camping Boating: No restrictions Water Acres: 1,140 Elevation: 5,760 feet Managing Agency: Larimer County. For more information, call (970) 679-4570. Chatfield State Park Fees: Please see Chatfield State Park Fees. Boating: Three boat ramps, tow sports, sailboarding, and personal watercraft Water Acres: 1,550 Elevation: 5,430 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (303) 791-7275. Cherry Creek State Park Fees: Please see Cherry Creek State Park Fees. Boating: Two boat ramps, tow sports, personal watercraft, and sailboarding Water Acres: 880 Elevation: 5,550 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (303) 699-3860. Crawford State Park Fees: Please see Crawford State Park Fees. Boating: Two boat ramps, tow sports and sailboarding Water Acres: 397 Elevation: 6,600 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 921-5721. -G- Grand Lake Fee: None Boating: No restrictions, boat ramp at Grand Lake and Shadow Mountain Reservoir. Water Acres: 500 Elevation: 8,367 feet Managing Agency: For more information, call the Grand Lake Chamber of Commerce (970) 627-3402. Green Mountain Reservoir Fee: None Boating: Two boat ramps, no-wake zone on south side of the reservoir. Water Acres: 2,125 Elevation: 8,000 feet Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service. For more information, call (970) 468-5400. -H- Henry Reservoir Fee: None Boating: No restrictions, boat ramps Water Acres: 1,100 Elevation: 4,360 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. Highline Lake State Park There are two lakes at Highline Lake State Park, Mack Mesa Lake and Highline Lake. Boating: Two boat ramps, power boating, jet-skiing and water-skiing; only hand- or electric-powered boats are allowed at Mack Mesa. Water Acres: 174 Elevation: 4,700 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 858-7208. Holbrook Resevoir Boating: Power boating, sail boating, windsurfing and water-skiing, boat ramps Water Acres: 675 Elevation: 4,150 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. Horse Creek Reservoir Boating: Power boating, windsurfing and water-skiing, boat ramps Water Acres: 2,603 Elevation: 4,104 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. Horsetooth Reservoir Fee: $7 daily Boating: No restrictions Water Acres: 2,000 Elevation: 5,400 feet Managing Agency: Larimer County. For more information, call (970) 679-4570 -J- John Martin Reservoir Boating: Boat ramps, power boating, sail boating and water-skiing Water Acres: 22,325 Elevation: 3,851 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. -L- Lake Granby Boating: No restrictions Water Acres: 7,256 when full Elevation: 8,280 feet Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service. For more information, call (970) 887-4100. Lake Henry Fee: None Boating: Power boating, sail boating, sail surfing, water-skiing, boat ramps Water Acres: 1,350 Elevation: 4,312 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. Lake Pueblo State Park Fees: See Lake Pueblo State Park Fees. Boating: Two boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding, and personal watercraft. Water Acres: 4,646 Elevation: 4,880 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 561-9320. Lathrop State Park Fees: See Lathrop State Park Fees. Boating: Three boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft Water Acres: 320 Elevation: 6,400 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 738-2376. -M- McPhee Reservoir Boating: Boat ramp, no restrictions Water Acres: 4,470 Elevation: 6,924 feet Managing Agency: USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest/Dolores Ranger District. For more information call (970) 882-7296. Meredith Reservoir Fee: None Boating: Boat ramp, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing Water Acres: 3,700 Elevation: 4,100 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. Miramonte Reservoir Fee: None Boating: Boat ramp, power boating and sail surfing; water-skiing and personal watercraft in designated areas only Water Acres: 420 Elevation: 7,700 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. -N- Narraguinnep Reservoir Boating: Boat ramp, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing Water Acres: 386 Elevation: 7,050 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. North Sterling State Park Boating: Three boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft Water Acres: 2,880 (fluctuates during the irrigation season) Elevation: 4,065 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 522-3657. -P- Paonia State Park Fees: See Paonia State Park Fees. Boating: One boat ramp, sailboarding, water-skiing and personal watercraft Water Acres: 350 Elevation: 6,500 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 921-5721. Platoro Reservoir Boating: No restrictions Water Acres: 700 Eevation: 10,035 feet Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service, Rio Grande National Forest. For more information, call (719) 274-8971. -Q- Queens State Wildlife Area Boating: Boat ramps, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing Water Acres: Nee Gronda: 2,600; Nee Noshe: 3,696; Queens: 1,900. Elevation: 5,710 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. -R- Ridgway State Park Fees: See Ridgway State Park Fees. Boating: One four-lane, concrete boat ramp, water-skiing, personal watercraft, sailing and sailboarding Water Acres: 1,000 Elevation: 6,870 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 626-5822. -S- Spinney Mountain State Park Fees: See Spinney Mountain State Park Fees. Boating: Boating and windsurfing, two boat ramps Water Acres: 2,520 Elevation: 8,686 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 748-3401. Stagecoach State Park Fees: See Stagecoach State Park Fees. Boating: Personal watercraft, water-skiing, sailboarding and canoeing, two boat launches Water Acres: 780 Elevation: 7,250 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 736-2436. Steamboat Lake State Park Fees: See Steamboat Lake State Park Fees. Boating: Three boat ramps, water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft Water Acres: 1,053 Elevation: 8,000 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 879-3922. -T- Taylor Reservoir Fee: None Boating: No restrictions Water Acres: 2,009 Elevation: 9,330 feet Managing Agency: USDA Forest Service, Gunnison Ranger District. For more information call (970) 641-0471 or (970) 944-2500. Thurston Reservoir Boating: Boat ramps, power boating, sail boating, sail surfing and water-skiing; Nov. 1 through the last day of waterfowl season is wakeless boating only Water Acres: 173 Elevation: 3,797 feet Managing Agency: Division of Wildlife. For more information, call (303) 297-1192. Trinidad Lake State Park Fees: See Trinidad State Park Fees. Boating: Water-skiing, windsurfing, boat fishing and personal watercraft; all boaters must observe wakeless speeds around the boat launch area, within 150 feet of shore fishermen and as buoyed, one boat ramp Water Acres: 900 (can fluctuate) Elevation: 6,300 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (719) 846-6951. Turquoise Lake Fee: $4 fee at Matchless boat ramp, Matchless day area, Tabor boat ramp and Butcher Boy, Lady of the Lake and Maid of Erin picnic areas; $5 fee at the dump stations Boating: Boat ramp, no restrictions Water Acres: 1,500 Elevation: 9,869 feet Managing Agency: San Isabel National Forest/Leadville Ranger District. For more information, call (719) 486-0749. -V- Vallecito Reservoir Fee: Boating: $20 annual permit; $7.50 five-day permit Boating: Boat ramp, no restrictions Water Acres: 2,700 Elevation: 7,750 feet Managing Agency: U.S. Forest Service, San Juan National Forest. For more information, call (970) 884-2558. Vega State Park Fees: See Vega State Park Fees. Boating: Water-skiing, sailboarding and personal watercraft, three boat ramps. Water Acres: 900 Elevation: 8,000 feet Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 487-3407. -Y- Yampa River State Park/Elkhead Reservoir Fees: See Yampa River State Park Fees. Boating: Elkhead Reservoir: Personal watercraft, water-skiing, canoeing and windsurfing. Boating prohibited if it creates a white-water wake north of buoy line or within 100 yards of the boat ramp. Water Acres: 400 Managing Agency: Colorado State Parks. For more information, call (970) 824-9473.