Rocky Mountain National Park
Established by Enos Mills and proclaimed the tenth national park by President Woodrow Wilson January 26, 1915. The park represents 415 square miles full of natural, pre-historic and native American history. The mountain peaks, ranging as high as 14,000 feet above sea level, are home to an abundant variety of wildlife including the majestic Big Horn Sheep. Activities in the park include bicycling, camping, technical rock climbing, fishing, horseback riding, scenic drives, snowmobiling and hiking. The park also provides wheel chair accessible trails.
Kremmling
Fossil Ridge - Cretaceous Ammonite Locality
Did you know that the entire state of Colorado was once at the bottom of a vast, life-supporting sea? Take a trip back in time to Kremmling’s Fossil Ridge and discover the remains of the aquatic creatures who once inhabited this ancient ocean.
What will you see? Exceptionally large and well-preserved fossils of giant ammonites and many other groups of marine invertebrate fossils including nautiloids, bivalves and gastropods which lived about 70 million years ago. The fossils found here are the largest specimens of this Cretaceous group known in North America. Exceptionally diverse fossil biota, including rare tropical and subtropical forms represent an unusual fossil assemblage in size.
Colorado State Forest State Park
Discover the ultimate in rugged, Colorado wilderness in Colorado State Forest’s 71,000 acres of unaltered forest, jagged peaks and alpine lakes.
Just north of Granby, visitors and natives alike enjoy 50 miles of marked hiking trails, 112 miles of mountain bike and horse back trails, and 75 miles of four-wheel driving trails. During the winter months, snowmobilers can enjoy numerous established groomed trails. Telemark, snowshoe and ski-board enthusiasts will also find trails for beginners as well as the most experienced adventurers. Campers may enjoy 158 developed campsites as well as various back-country camping locations.
Wildlife is abundant in the park. Anglers may catch brook, brown, cutthroat and rainbow trout as well as mackinaw and kokanee salmon in the secluded serenity of the clear mountain lakes and streams. Hunters may bag elk, deer, bears, moose, antelope and grouse.
Arapaho National Forest
On July 1, 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt established the Arapaho National Forest for the enjoyment of all. Almost totally encompassing the Granby area, the forest provides many activities for the outdoorsman including hunting, fishing, off-roading, camping, hiking, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
Wilderness Areas
The natural beauty of Grand County has prompted the establishment of several wilderness areas with the intention of preserving its valuable ecosystem. These areas are open to all for hiking, biking, snowshoeing and backcountry skiing.
