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Water and land
Wells and water rights, septic and rural land, mineral rights, and what it really means to own ground in a place where water is its own kind of property.
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Water and land - June 10, 2026
The Yampa River runs a trout fishery and a tubing run straight through downtown Steamboat
The Yampa is a designated trout fishery and a wildly popular tube float in the middle of Steamboat Springs, with summer flow-and-temperature closures built into the river's rhythm.
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To launch a boat on Trinidad Lake, plan for an inspection first
Trinidad Lake State Park allows boating, but motorboats need a pre-launch inspection for aquatic nuisance species, so showing up with a boat is not the same as being ready to put it in the water.
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Trinidad Dam was built for more than recreation, and the lake level shows it
The dam that holds back Trinidad Lake is run by the Army Corps of Engineers as a multipurpose project for flood control, irrigation, and recreation, so the reservoir is managed to handle high water, not just to keep a full lake for boats.
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Turquoise Lake has boat ramps, campgrounds, and required boat inspections
Turquoise Lake near Leadville is a developed Forest Service recreation area with boat ramps and campgrounds, and trailered or motorized boats need a Colorado aquatic nuisance species inspection.
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Twin Lakes has a boat ramp and a separate paddling launch
At Twin Lakes near the foot of Independence Pass, the Dexter Point ramp serves trailered boats while the Red Rooster site on the northwest shore is set up for kayaks, paddleboards, and the Interlaken boat tour.
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Two North Routt State Parks Under Hahns Peak
Two Colorado state parks sit side by side north of Steamboat Springs, one built for open water and one kept quiet for fishing.
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Vallecito Reservoir is a big-fish lake with boat-inspection rules
Vallecito Reservoir northeast of Durango holds trout, walleye, and trophy northern pike, and trailered or motorized boats need a Colorado Parks and Wildlife inspection before launching.
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Wagon Wheel Gap is a narrow rock gateway with its own geology story
Wagon Wheel Gap, where the Rio Grande squeezes through a rock narrows southeast of Creede, sits on the edge of an ancient volcanic caldera and has an interpretive site explaining its geology and old fluorspar mining.
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Walker Ranch sits on billion-year-old rock above a fishing creek
Walker Ranch open space southwest of Boulder is built on ancient Boulder Creek granodiorite and offers fly fishing along South Boulder Creek.
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Warm springs north of Durango come from faults in the Animas Valley
The thermal springs along the Animas Valley north of Durango, including the Pinkerton and Trimble springs, are fault-controlled geothermal features studied by the Colorado Geological Survey.
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What a house well in Saguache County actually covers
A small household well permit in the San Luis Valley spells out exactly what it covers, so a quick read tells you what water you can count on for a property.
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Why Colorado's northeast corner looks like desert: the Wray sandhills and Arikaree River
Yuma County's far corner is a stabilized sand-dune country of sandsage shrub, and the Beecher Island nature trail near the cottonwood-lined Arikaree River lets you walk it.
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Why peaches thrive at Palisade: a warm river-valley pocket
The orchards around Palisade sit in a warm, sheltered pocket of the Grand Valley along the Colorado River, a combination of climate and soil that supports Colorado's stone-fruit growing.
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Why You Can Swim in Warm Water at 7,500 Feet North of Alamosa
Splashland, a beloved seasonal swimming pool a mile north of Alamosa, runs on geothermal water that drillers hit by accident in 1955 while looking for oil.
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Yampa River State Park is a string of river access points
Yampa River State Park is not one block of land but a chain of boat launches and river sites strung along the Yampa across Moffat and Routt counties, each with its own access.
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