🥾 Hiking on public land in Colorado

172 public places in Colorado are listed for hiking (124 state & public land, 14 national parks, 11 state parks, 10 wildlife management areas, 9 parks, 1 national forests, 1 open-access private land, 1 trails, 1 state forests). 3 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🤝 CPW Walk-In Access Program — COfree
🥾 Colorado Trailfree
🌳 Eldorado Canyon State Park$10/vehicle/day
🌿 Garden of the Godsfree
🌿 Mount Lindo ParkUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Rocky Mountain National Park$30/vehicle day, $35 week
🗺️ Adobe Badlands Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Alamosa National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ American Flats Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ant Hills Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Arapaho National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Arapaho National Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Arapaho National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Arkansas Headwaters Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌿 BLM - Gunnison Field OfficeUnknown — check official site
🌿 BLM - Royal Gorge Field OfficeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Baca National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bergen Peak State Wildlife AreaUnknown — check official site
🌿 Betasso PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Dry Creek Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bill Hare Gulch Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Canyon of the Gunnison WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bluff Lake Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bobcat Ridge Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bowen Gulch Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Browns Canyon National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Browns Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Browns Park National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buffalo Peaks WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bull Gulch Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Byers Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cache La Poudre WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camel Back Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Camp Hale - Continental Divide National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Camp Hale - Continental Divide National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canyons of the Ancients National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🌿 Caribou Ranch Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Castle Peak Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chew Winter Camp Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Chimney Rock National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coal Creek Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Collegiate Peaks WildernessUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Colorado National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🌿 Colorado River Valley Field OfficeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Comanche National GrasslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Comanche Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coyote Ridge Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cross Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Curecanti National Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Demaree Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Devils Backbone Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dominguez Canyon WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eagle Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eagle View Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eagles Nest WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Eldorado Canyon State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Erie CommonsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flat Tops WildernessUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Florissant Fossil Beds National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fossil Ridge Recreation Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fossil Ridge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Golden Gate Canyon State Park Green RanchUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Great Sand Dunes National ParkUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Great Sand Dunes National PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Sand Dunes WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greenhorn Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gunnison Gorge National Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gunnison Gorge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gustav Swanson Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hack Lake Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Handies Peak Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hermosa Creek Special Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hermosa Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holy Cross WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horsetooth Mountain Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hunter–Fryingpan WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Peaks WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 James M. Robb - Colorado River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ James Peak Protection AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ James Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ La Garita WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lagerman Agricultural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Book Cliffs Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lizard Head WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Lone Mesa State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Lory State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lost Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lower Grape Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Maroon Bells–Snowmass WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Maxwell Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McInnis Canyons National Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McIntyre Hills Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKenna Peak Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Menefee Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Mesa Verde National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mesa Verde WildernessUnknown — check official site
🦆 Monte Vista National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Evans WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Massive WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Sneffels WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Zirkel WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌳 Navajo State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Needle Rock Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Neota WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Never Summer WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Sand Hills Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌿 North Table Mountain ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oil Spring Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Papa Keal Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pawnee National GrasslandUnknown — check official site
🦆 Perins Peak State Wildlife Area'Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Peterson Draw Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Piedra Special Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pineridge Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Platte River Contiguous Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Powderhorn Instant Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Powderhorn WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prebles Meadow Jumping MouseUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ptarmigan Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Raggeds WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rawah WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Red Fox Meadows Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Redtail Grove Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rim Rock Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rocky Flats National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Rocky Mountain National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rocky Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Roubideau Special Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Roxborough State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Running Deer Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ San Luis Hills Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sangre de Cristo WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sarvis Creek WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sewemup Mesa Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skull Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South San Juan WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌿 South Valley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spanish Peaks WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 State Forest State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Staunton State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Sylvan Lake State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tabeguache Special Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Field Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Palisade Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Troublesome Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Two Creeks Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Two Ponds National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Uncompahgre WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Vale of Tears Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Vasquez Peak WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Vista Pointe Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weber Mountain Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weminuche Contiguous Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weminuche WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ West Elk WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ West Needles Contiguous Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Westminster Hills Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Whitehead Gulch Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Willow Creek Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Windy Gulch Wilderness Study AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Yampa River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Yucca House National MonumentUnknown — check official site

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