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Yampa River State Park offers adventure to the seasoned traveller

A look at Yampa River State Park outside of Steamboat Springs.

Description: The park places its headquarters in northern Colorado, in the scenic valley outside Steamboat Springs. But adventure awaits up and down this iconic river’s 134-mile stretch from Hayden to Dinosaur National Monument near Utah’s border. The length includes 13 access points with boat ramps. Rafting outfits set up along the water that features mostly tame rapids. Undeveloped campsites can be found along the whole riverside, with the campground at the headquarters offering 50 sites, 35 of which are for RVs.

Activities: Boating, fishing, rafting, tubing, camping, hunting areas along river, areas for hiking and biking

Wildlife: Elk, antelope and deer are common; migratory sandhill cranes, bald eagles, blue herons are among the birds; Colorado pikeminnows, humpback chubs, bonytail chubs, razorback suckers are among the fish

Fun fact: The river was named for a plant called “yampah,” which John Fremont noted as abundant when he explored the watershed in the mid-1800s.

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Address: Headquarters and campground at 6185 U.S. Highway 40, Hayden, 81639

Contact: 970-276-2061, yampa.river@state.co.us

Hours: Day use 8 a.m. to sunset

SETH BOSTER, THE GAZETTE

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