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The Rawah Wilderness is administered by the USDA Forest Service. It is located on the
Canyon Lakes Ranger District The Roosevelt National Forest is a National Forest located in north central Colorado. It is contiguous with the Colorado State Forest as well as the Arapaho National Forest and the Routt National Forest. The forest is administered jointly with ...
of the
Roosevelt National Forest The Roosevelt National Forest is a National Forest located in north central Colorado. It is contiguous with the Colorado State Forest as well as the Arapaho National Forest and the Routt National Forest. The forest is administered jointly with ...
in
Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
, near the
Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to t ...
border, and also in the
Routt National Forest Routt may refer to: ;Places In the United States: * Routt, Louisville, Kentucky *Routt County, Colorado ;People *Joe Routt *John Long Routt John Long Routt (April 25, 1826 – August 13, 1907) was an American politician of the Republican Part ...
to its south. It encompasses and includes 25 named lakes ranging in size from five to 39 acres (20,000 to 160,000 m2). There are of trails in the area and elevation ranges from to . Much of the area is traversed by the
Medicine Bow Mountains The Medicine Bow Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains that extend from northern Colorado into southern Wyoming. The northern extent of this range is the sub-range the Snowy Range. From the northern end of Colorado's Never Summe ...
and the Rawah Range for which it is named. The temperature in the Rawah Wilderness ranges from a low of during the winter and a high of during the summer.


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Protected areas of Larimer County, Colorado Wilderness areas of Colorado Protected areas established in 1964 Roosevelt National Forest Routt National Forest 1964 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-protected-area-stub