Headwaters Recreation Area Recreation Welcome to the Upper , famous for its 14ers, whitewater, wilderness and wildlife. Site Facilities AHRA ManagedBoat Ramp/SlideCamping ChangingDispersed/Designated Facilities Fishing AccessHiking Horse/Mtn. BikeOHV Parking Picnic Tables/GrillsPortage TrailRestrooms River AccessScenic OverlookSpecial NeedsWatchable Fishing Wildlife Access Dispersed Camping The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area offers many fun and exciting activities. Arkansas River Placer Please: Arkansas River Ranch Copper Mountain Big Bend • know your skill level Blue Heron Bootlegger • be aware of risks involved in an activity Boulderfield Mt. Arkansas 13795' • be familiar with safety practices Buena Vista Whitewater Park Canyon Trading Post • equip yourself properly Cañon City Whitewater Park Park Clear Creek Visitor Etiquette Copper Gulch Cottonwood Hundreds of thousands of visitors boat on the river each year, and close to a million people enjoy the Crystal Lakes recreation area. Courtesy and respect for others will make everyone’s experience more enjoyable. You Elephant Rock Fern Leaf Gulch 10,151 can minimize your impact and help us protect this valuable resource by observing the following guide- Fisherman’s Bridge Crystal Five Points Lakes lines: Five ½ Points 2 1 Florence Whitewater Park 3 • respect private property and don’t trespass Ford Crossing Hayden Meadows • keep noise down Granite Hayden Ranch • if you are boating, travel on opposite side of the river from anglers and avoid fishing holes Granite Boat Chute Arkansas River Ranch Granite Rock 4 Kobe • learn and practive Leave No Trace backcountry ethics, including pack it in/pack it out Grassy Knoll Hayden Meadows • use existing restroom facilities, or a portable toilet (groover), required by regulation Hayden Ranch Hecla Junction 5 Twin Lakes Village • stop only at well-established, well-used sites and avoid trampling streamside vegetation Kobe • build fires only in grills and fire pans, required by regulation Lazy J Granite Loma Linda Lone Pine 6 Granite Rock Lower Floodplain Granite Boat Chute Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Visitor Center Maytag Clear Creek MacKenzie Bridge 8 7 Stone Cabin • Annual passes, regulations, and guide books are available at the AHRA Visitor Center. Numbers Pine Creek Old Parkdale Numbers • The AHRA Visitor Center is located on the corner of G Street and Sackett Avenue in Arkansas River Placer Parkdale e Rapid #4 downtown Salida, one block North of Highway 291. Pathfinder Park Numbers e Wall Pine Creek Rapid #5½ Pinnacle Rock Bouldereld Point Barr Rapid #6 Riverside Railroad Bridge Railroad Bridge Rapid #4 Rapid #5 ½ El. Rapid #6 9 Grassy Knoll 11 12 13 Elephant Rock For campground Raynolds Tunnel View Buena Vista Red Wall Collegiate Peaks Whitewater reservations, please call Rincon Scenic and Historic Byway Park River Station 10 Riverside 7,965' 1-800-244-5613 or online at Ruby Mountain www.cpwshop.com Salida Whitewater Park Salida East 14 Collegiate Peaks 15 Salt Lick Slaughterhouse Fisherman’s Bridge Spikebuck Stone Bridge Stone Cabin 16 Ruby Mountain 18 17 Swallows Browns Creek Canyon National The Wall Monument Tunnel View Vallie Bridge Browns Creek Browns Canyon TH Wilderness Wellsville Study Area Browns 27 Canyon Hecla Junction LEGEND Peak 9,763' LEGEND 19 Gold Belt Tour National Scenic Byway 28 12,208' Stone Bridge River State Wildlife Areas/Fishing Easements (Jointly managed by Parks and Wildlife, the Bureau 163 150 of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service) Paddock SWA Big Bend 11716' 20 Crystal Lake STL Fishing Easement Slaughterhouse 11386' Reddy SWA Fishing Easement 21 166 SalidaWhitewater Park 22 160 25 Box Creek STL Poncha Springs Visitor Center 7,083' Hardeman SWA Fishing Easement 23 24 Salida East Granite SWA Lower Parkdale Clear Creek Reservoir SWA Wellsville Floodplain Five ½ Old Tiger Lily STL Fishing/Portage Easement Point Barr Points Parkdale Rincon Bighorn Sheep Canyon Copper Gulch Heckendorf SWA Monarch Crest Trail Red Wall Salt Lick Bootlegger 5,331' 29 Pinnacle Rock Buena Vista SWA Spikebuck River Five Points Station Harmon SWA 26 Maytag Cottonwood Raynolds Chubb Park Ranch STL Texas Creek MacKenzie Bridge Ford Crossing Lazy J Chubb Park Ranch SWA Vallie Centennial Miles Pathnder Blue Heron Johnson Village SWA Bridge Loma Park National Monument Border Fern Leaf Park 0 1 2 3 Champion SWA and Great Sand Dunes Linda Gulch National Park Lone Florence Bighorn Springs Pine Whitewater Park Ruby Mountain Canyon Trading Wright’s Lake SWA Post

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Road Swallows Big Bend SWA Swallows Mt. Ouray Fishing Easement Mt. Ouray SWA Frantz Lake SWA 30 SWA Sands Lake SWA Ogden/Treat SWA Skaguay Reservoir SWA Access for the Physically Challenged 28 Beaver Creek SWA The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area has fully accessible restroom facilities and at least one fully accessible campsite at each developed 29 Brush Hollow SWA campground, except for Salida East, Point Barr and Vallie Bridge (walk-in/boat-in only access). 30 Swallows /Pueblo SWA Select river access sites have fully accessible restroom facilities, complete with accessible parking spots. Please call 719-539-7289 or visit www.cpw.state.co.us for more information.