Monarch Lake is a reservoir in
Grand County, Colorado
Grand County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 15,717. The county seat is Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, Hot Sulphur Springs.
History
When Grand County was ...
located within the
Arapaho National Recreation Area
The Arapaho National Recreation Area (ANRA) is a United States national recreation area located near the headwaters of the Colorado River in north central Colorado adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park. ANRA is under the jurisdiction of the Ara ...
. The reservoir is adjacent to the
Indian Peaks Wilderness
The Indian Peaks Wilderness is a wilderness area in north central Colorado managed jointly by the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and small parts of the southern sectio ...
on its north and east sides. The
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (in short Continental Divide Trail (CDT)) is a United States National Scenic Trail with a length measured by the Continental Divide Trail Coalition of between the U.S. border with Chihuahua, Mexico a ...
passes along its south side, and the trailhead at the west end of the lake also marks the beginnings or ends of several other popular hiking trails.
Dam
The dam (NID ID #CO00714) is an
earthen dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...
that was completed in 1929. The United States Forest Service owns the dam, which is used for recreation and fishing.
The primary inflow and outflow is Arapaho Creek.
References
External links
Arapaho National Recreation Area website
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Lakes of Grand County, Colorado
Reservoirs in Colorado
Dams completed in 1929
Arapaho National Forest