We hope you are as excited as we are at the pending opening (finally!) of our Staunton State Park! We have many activities scheduled for next weekend which you can see here on the CO Parks & Wildlife page for Staunton State Park.
www.parks.state.co.us/parks/staunton/Pages/Staunton.aspx
Our hours the first weekend will be 9am-5pm, afterwards they will be 8am-9pm. We are offering free shuttle rides from Elk Creek Elementary and the Mountain View RTD. While dogs (on leashes) and bicycles are welcome at the park, due to expected turnout, we apologize but cannot transport them on the shuttles this weekend.
We also have Friends of a Staunton State Park website with additional information here:
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We'd especially like to thank all of our sponsors who helped make this happen:
Boxwood Gulch Ranch, LLC
Braun Chiropractic
Brooks Place Tavern
Buffalo Bill Saddle Club
Cabin Creek Smokehouse
Computer Terrain Mapping
Cutthroat Cafe
Eagle Claw Fishing Tackle
Elk Creek Elementary
Elk Falls Software
Evergreen Trout Unlimited
First Bank of Aspen Park
Front Range Back Country Horsemen
Lions Head Ranch
Rocky Mountain Orienteering
Rocky Mountain Recorders
RTD
Starfish Ads
Team Evergreen
The Bistro
The Leadership Difference
The Wells Law Firm, P.C.
Wright McGill
Zoka’s Restaurant and Bar, LLC
My Mountain Town
We hope to see you next weekend!
The Friends of Staunton State Park
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Friends of Staunton State Park's New Website!
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Our Facebook Page
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CPW's Page for Staunton State Park
Location: 12102 S. Elk Creek Rd, Pine CO 80470
Active park hours 6:00am-10:00pm
Park Phone: 303-816-0912
Mission Statement: Our mission is working in partnership with others to preserve, promote, and protect the wildlife, natural beauty and historic legacy of Staunton State Park for current and future generations. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Here's a link to our Staunton Park Trail Map. There's about 10 miles of mountain biking and horseback riding paths, over 5.5 miles of hiking-only trails, rock climbing, bird watching, wildlife viewing, and more!
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Friends of Staunton State Park's New Website!
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Our Facebook Page
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CPW's Page for Staunton State Park
Location: 12102 S. Elk Creek Rd, Pine CO 80470
Active park hours 6:00am-10:00pm
Park Phone: 303-816-0912
Mission Statement: Our mission is working in partnership with others to preserve, promote, and protect the wildlife, natural beauty and historic legacy of Staunton State Park for current and future generations. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friends of Staunton Park wrote: Here's a link to our Staunton Park Trail Map. There's about 10 miles of mountain biking and horseback riding paths, over 5.5 miles of hiking-only trails, rock climbing, bird watching, wildlife viewing, and more!
I'm not sure that you can climb Lion's Head directly (it was hard to tell from Jennifer's presentation at the Platte Canyon Chamber meeting yesterday), but I do l know that there is climbing near there that they will close down seasonally for raptor breeding season.
Sorry I can't be of more help - hopefully once the park opens the Friends of Staunton group or CO Parks & Wildlife Staunton Park Manager, Jennifer Anderson, will have some free time to jump in and answer - they are swamped right now getting ready for opening.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Some Evergreen Trout Unlimited members will be at the ponds teaching kids to fish this weekend (see you Sunday). This is free and the equipment is provided by DOW. The ponds were well stocked this year.
Friends of Staunton Park wrote: Here's a link to our Staunton Park Trail Map. There's about 10 miles of mountain biking and horseback riding paths, over 5.5 miles of hiking-only trails, rock climbing, bird watching, wildlife viewing, and more!
One question... I see a Lion's Back trail going to Elk Falls Overlook. Does that let you climb Lion's Head?
I emailed and asked, here is Jennifer Anderson's answer:
Currently there is not a trail that takes you all the way to the top of Lions Head.
Sorry pine!
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
pine, I'm guessing a mix of both on the ponds (although probably more natural than man-made ones) after seeing pictures of the construction they did to get the park ready for visitors (it was a huge hole they dug to create the flat parking area). Only a minority of the park is planned for heavy or moderate use, Frances Staunton stipulated in her will that most of the park was to be left natural and undeveloped and the state has to accept those stipulations in order to be awarded the deed to the land, there's even a small portion that is off-limits to everyone because it contains a rare plant.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
