Nature reserves in Colorado
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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201 nature reserves are published in Colorado. The list below holds the 82 best-documented.
- Chimney Rock National Monument
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Great Sand Dunes National Park
- Mesa Verde National Park
- McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area
- Comanche National Grassland
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
- Rawah Wilderness
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
- Fishers Peak State Park
- Trinidad Lake State Park
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
- Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park
- Kipling Villas Greenbelt
- High Mesa Grassland Instant Study Area
- Aiken Canyon Preserve
- Clear Spring Ranch Park
- Gateway Natural Area
- Glenmere Urban Wildlife Sanctuary
- Coyote Ridge Natural Area
- Clifton Nature Park
- Hidden Mesa Open Space
- Proghorn Nature Area
- Park Hill ParkBuilt 2025-10-28
- Powderhorn Meadows Greenbelt
- Knoll-Willows Open Space
- Eagle Vista Natural Area
- Moore Open Space
- Crow Valley Recreation Area
- Boedecker Bluff Natural Area
- Weaver Park
- Abyss Lake Scenic Area
- East Big Dry Natural Area
- Wildcat Natural Area
- Tillman Bishop State Wildlife Area
- Dad Clark Natural Area
- Classification Natural Resource Protection
- Wildcat Natural Area
- Narrows Park
- North Shields Ponds Natural Area
- West Big Dry Natural Area
- Dad Clark Natural Area
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve
- Hungry Horse Open Space
- Watson Lake State Wildlife Area
- Wetland Preserve
- East Fork Natural Area
- Puente Verde Natural Area
- Willow Bend Natural Area
- Sky Mountain Park
- Medina's Crossing Natural Area
- Ralston Creek State Wildlife Area
- Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area
- Farmers High Line Canal Open Space
- Wildcat Natural Area
- Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt
- North Mesa
- National Wildlife Refuge
- Wildcat Natural Area
- South Republican Management Area
- Marolt Open Space
- Wetland Preserve
- Lookout Mountain Preserve and Nature Center
- East Big Dry Natural Area
- Country West Greenbelt
- Saddle Ridge Natural Area
- Wildcat Natural Area
- Alkire Greenbelt
- Wildcat Natural Area
- Confluence Park
- Sunrise Creek Greenbelt
- Dad Clark Natural Area
- Button Rock Preserve
- Westbury Greenbelt
- West Big Dry Natural Area
- Leon Wurl Wildlife Sanctuary
- Concrete Coyote
- Browns Canyon National Monument