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  • 160 Lakes and Reservoirs of Colorado


    Colorado Lakes and Reservoirs. Fishing and Boating Guide.
    2008, 9th edition, paperback, 216 pages, published by Outdoor Books & Maps (Adler Publishing Company, Inc.).

    Colorado’s landscape is speckled with hundreds of natural and man-made lakes. This guide provides detailed information about 160 of those lakes and reservoirs. Its pages contain vital information that profiles these locations, including driving directions, maps, fishing regulations, lake size, fish species, boating ramps, camping facilities, contact information, and much more. The NEW 2008 edition contains completely updated information, in addition to dozens of new photographs.

    This book provides invaluable information for paddlers in Colorado. It is 9th edition and 3rd version I bought. I own also 4th and 7th editions.

    160 bigger lakes are provided with a detailed descriptions and maps and many more are listed with just a short information. Some of my paddling waters in northern Colorado like Boedecker Reservoir near Loveland or Douglas Lake at Fort Collins can be found only in the index. There are still smaller lakes and ponds suitable for paddling like my Beaver Pond at Arapaho Bend Natural Area which are not mentioned at all.

    I have a pretty good knowledge of my local paddling waters, but this book makes me looking at some more distance paddling locations, especially, in the mountain Colorado.

    Related resources:
    Paddling Colorado: A Guide To The State’s Best Paddling Routes (Paddling Series)

  • 10 Easy River Trips in the Mountains, Canyons and Plains of Colorado

    A few years ago I found this book or rather a 60 page pamphlet written almost 40 years ago by Earl Perry, a past Park Ranger for Dinosaur National Park: . $3.95. Well, it was 1978.

    Of course, during 40 years, a lot has changed including river access and water conditions, but this book still gives you some great ideas where to paddle in Colorado. River descriptions are combined with geological, historical, environmental, and practical information such as a river navigation and Colorado water law.

    It is a great read even if do not run rivers. I like to browse through old river guidebooks to see what has changed and what hasn’t. Old junk cars along shores of the South Platte River haven’t.

    The book covers the 10 definitive canoe and sea kayak trips in Colorado:

    • 1. South Platte near Greeley
    • 2. Yampa near Craig
    • 3. Colorado, Horsethief and Ruby Canyon
    • 4, Gunnison below Delta
    • 5. Colorado near Rifle
    • 6. Arkansas near Florence
    • 7. Animas above and below Durango
    • 8. South Platte through Denver
    • 9. Rio Grande near Creede
    • 10. Dolores above Gateway

    The book is difficult to find, but used copies appear time to time on Amazon: Rivers of Colorado: Ten Easy River Trips in the Mountains, Canyons, and Plains of Colorado

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