Lake Pueblo State Park (formerly known as Pueblo Reservoir) is a state park located in Pueblo County, Colorado. It includes 60 miles of shoreline and 10,000 acres of land. Activities it offers include two full-service marinas, recreational fishing, hiking,camping and swimming at a special swim beach.
The lake has a maximum depth of 135 feet and is enclosed by the Pueblo Dam.
Lake Pueblo was made in the 1930s after a local flood in Pueblo County. ...
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Lake Pueblo State Park (formerly known as Pueblo Reservoir) is a state park located in Pueblo County, Colorado. It includes 60 miles of shoreline and 10,000 acres of land. Activities it offers include two full-service marinas, recreational fishing, hiking,camping and swimming at a special swim beach.
The lake has a maximum depth of 135 feet and is enclosed by the Pueblo Dam.
Lake Pueblo was made in the 1930s after a local flood in Pueblo County. The main purpose was for the lake to be a water storage center for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. as well as flood control for the lower Arkansas Valley. The Lake is able to store a total of 357,678 acre-feet of water when at full capacity. Levels in 2009 were reported as a total of 234,347 in active acre-feet storage of water.
The land surrounding the reservoir is very diverse. Mammals commonly sited or observed at the park include mule deer, coyote, cottontail rabbit, red fox,gray fox, beaver, raccoon, skunk, prairie dogs, and badger. It...
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