Manitou Park Recreation Area, Colorado
The Manitou Park Recreation Area is a recreation area in the Pike National Forest, located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north of Woodland Park along Colorado State Highway 67 in Teller County, Colorado.[1][2] The recreation area includes several campgrounds and a picnic area, the Manitou Lake Picnic Area.[3]
Contents
1 Manitou Lake Picnic Area
2 Manitou Park Lake
3 Camping
4 References
5 External links
Manitou Lake Picnic Area
Manitou Lake Picnic Area
The Manitou Lake Picnic Area has a 1 mile (1.6 km) nature trail the encircles Manitou Park Lake[4] and a historic stone picnic shelter at the south end of the lake.
Another trail, Centennial Trail, is an 8 miles (13 km) long hiking and biking trail that starts at the Manitou Lake Picnic Area and ends at Woodland Park, and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) of the trail connects the picnic and camping areas. There is fishing in Trout Creek and Manitou Lake.[5] The picnic area has a wetland that is habitat for waterfowl and songbirds on the south side of Manitou Park Lake.[4] There is an entrance fee of seven dollars at the picnic area, and camping fees apply at the campgrounds.[6]
Manitou Park Lake
Manitou Park Lake (a reservoir also called Manitou Lake) has a surface area of 5 acres (2.0 hectares).[6] The reservoir's earthen dam was built in 1937 and impounds Trout Creek.[7]
Camping
There are five campgrounds along Highway 67: Colorado, Painted Rocks, South Meadows, Pike Community, and Red Rocks. Pike Community and Red Rocks are group campgrounds. There are volleyball courts, softball fields, horseshoe pits. and an amphitheater for large group functions. There is also a dumping station.[5]
References
^ "Pikes Peak Ranger District, Pikes Peak National Forest". US Forest Service. Retrieved January 29, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Campgrounds". Teller County Vacation & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
^ "Visit Teller County, Colorado". Teller County Vacation & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
^ ab Tracy Salcedo. "Manitou Park Lake". Colorado Springs. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7627-5398-7.
^ ab Jan Langerman. "Trout-West Fuels Reduction Project, Pike/San Isabel National Forest, Recreation Specialist Report" (PDF). US Forest Service. pp. F5–F6. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
^ ab "Manitou Lake Picnic Area". Pike and San Isabel National Forests Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands. United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
^ "Manitou Park Lake". National Inventory of Dams. CorpsMap. 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
External links
- Manitou Lake Pavilion Information from Recreation.gov
- Manitou Lake Picnic Area website
Coordinates: 39°5′49.28″N 105°5′44.14″W / 39.0970222°N 105.0955944°W / 39.0970222; -105.0955944
