Yampa River State Park is a
Colorado state park
The system of state parks in Colorado integrates outdoor recreation with tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, and there is one in development. Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year. Colorado ...
located along the
Yampa River
The Yampa River flows through northwestern Colorado in the United States. Rising in the Rocky Mountains, it is a tributary of the Green River and a major part of the Colorado River system. The Yampa is one of the few free-flowing rivers in the ...
in
Routt and
Moffat Counties in northwestern
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, 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 wes ...
in the United States.
Features
Yampa River State Park provides 13 access points for boaters along of the Yampa River from
Hayden to the eastern boundary of
Dinosaur National Monument.
[ Walkways and hiking trails explore the river's canyons and ]riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks a ...
s, surrounding rock formations, and natural habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s. A visitor center with a nature trail is located east of Craig.
Campgrounds
A main campground is adjacent to the visitors center. This campground has 50 campsites including 35 RV electric sites, 10 tent sites, and five sites for group camping. The park also includes less developed campsites near many of the river access points
References
External links
Yampa River State Park
Colorado Parks & Wildlife
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State parks of Colorado
Protected areas of Moffat County, Colorado
Protected areas of Routt County, Colorado
Protected areas on the Colorado River
Protected areas established in 1998
1998 establishments in Colorado