Comanche Peak Wilderness

The Comanche Peak Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in the Roosevelt National Forest on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District in Colorado along the northern boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. The 66,791-acre (27,029 ha) wilderness named for its most prominent peak was established in 1980. There are 121 miles (195 km) of hiking trails inside the wilderness. Roosevelt National Forest and Rocky Mountain National Park officially maintain 19 trails within the Wilderness, 5 of which pass into Rocky Mountain National Park. There are also 7 named peaks, 6 named lakes (including Comanche Reservoir) and 16 named rivers and creeks within the wilderness boundaries.[3][4][5][6]

Comanche Peak Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Location	Larimer County, Colorado, USA
Nearest city	Fort Collins, Colorado
Coordinates	40°34′58″N 105°40′07″W[1]
Area	66,791 acres (27,029 ha)
Established	1980
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

References

"Comanche Peak Wilderness". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
"Comanche Peak Wilderness". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
"Comanche Peak Wilderness". Wilderness.net. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
"Comanche Peak Wilderness". Colorado Wilderness. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
Grim, Joe; Grim, Frédérique (2010). Comanche Peak Wilderness Area: Hiking and Snowshoeing Guide. Colorado Mountain Club Press. ISBN 9780984221318.
"Comanche Peak Wilderness". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved August 9, 2012.

Protected areas of Colorado

Federal

National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain
National monuments	Browns Canyon (BLM-USFS) Canyons of the Ancients (BLM) Chimney Rock (USFS) Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House
National Recreation Areas	Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti
National Historic Sites	Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre
National Historic Trails	Old Spanish Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail
National Scenic Trail	Continental Divide Trail
National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt Routt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River
National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee
National Wilderness	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black Ridge Canyons Buffalo Peaks Byers Peak Cache La Poudre Collegiate Peaks Comanche Peak Dominguez Eagles Nest Flat Tops Fossil Ridge Great Sand Dunes Greenhorn Mountain Gunnison Gorge Holy Cross Hunter-Fryingpan Indian Peaks James Peak La Garita Lizard Head Lost Creek Maroon Bells-Snowmass Mesa Verde Mount Evans Mount Massive Mount Sneffels Mount Zirkel Neota Never Summer Platte River Powderhorn Ptarmigan Peak Raggeds Rawah Rocky Mountain National Park Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek South San Juan Spanish Peaks Uncompahgre Vasquez Peak Weminuche West Elk
National Conservation Areas	Dominguez-Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons
National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds
BLM ACECs	66 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
Wild and Scenic Rivers	Cache la Poudre River

State

Colorado State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Fishers Peak Golden Gate Canyon Harvey Gap Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lone Mesa Lory Mancos Mueller Navajo North Sterling Paonia Pearl Lake Ridgway Rifle Falls Rifle Gap Roxborough Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River
Colorado Natural Areas	Aiken Canyon Ant Hill Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash Blacks Gulch Blue Mountain Bonny Prairie Boston Peak Fen Boulder Mountain Park Boulder Valley Heronry Brush Creek Fen California Park Castlewood Canyon Chalk Bluffs Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Comanche Grassland Copeland Willow Carr Cross Mountain Canyon Daves Draw Deep Creek Deer Gulch Dinosaur Ridge Dome Rock Droney Gulch Duck Creek Dudley Bluffs East Lost Park East Sand Dunes Elephant Rocks Elk River Escalante Canyon Escalante Creek Fairview Fourmile Creek Fruita Paleontological Garden Park Fossil Gateway Palisade Geneva Basin Iron Fens Gothic Gunnison Gravels Haviland Lake High Creek Fen High Mesa Grassland Hoosier Ridge Hurricane Canyon Indian Spring Indian Springs Trace Fossil Irish Canyon Jimmy Creek Ken-Caryl Ranch Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Lake Pasture Lake San Cristobal Limestone Ridge Lookout Mountain Lost Park Lower Greasewood Creek McElmo Mexican Cut Mini-Wheeler Miramonte Reservoir Mishak Lakes Moosehead Mountain Mount Callahan Mount Callahan Saddle Mount Emmons Iron Fen Mount Goliath Narraguinnep Needle Rock North Park Phacelia Orient Mine Owl Canyon Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Park Mesa Pawnee Woodlands Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rocky Mountain Woodfrog Pond Rough Canyon Roxborough Running Creek Ryan Gulch Saddle Mountain San Miguel River Sand Creek Shell Duck Creek Shell Rock Slumgullion Earthflow South Beaver Creek South Boulder Creek South Cathedral Bluffs Specimen Mountain Staunton Tabeguache Tamarack Ranch Tern Island Treasurevault Mountain Trinidad K-T Boundary Two Buttes Unaweep Seep Uncompahgre Fritillary Wacker Ranch West Creek Wheeler Geologic White Rocks Williams Creek Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area Zapata Falls
State Wildlife Areas	307 Colorado State Wildlife Areas

Other

Trails	American Discovery Trail Colorado Trail Continental Divide Trail Great Divide Trail Kokopelli Trail Paradox Trail Tabeguache Trail

Colorado Department of Natural Resources (web)

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