Steamboat Lake State Park facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Steamboat Lake State Park
The park in late summer.
Steamboat Lake State Park Location in Colorado
Location	Routt County, Colorado, United States
Nearest city	Steamboat Springs, CO
Area	2,820 acres (1,140 ha)
Established	1967
Visitors	348,683 (in 2009-10)
Governing body	Colorado Parks & Wildlife

Steamboat Lake State Park is a Colorado state park located in Routt County 27 miles (43 km) north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and near the community of Hahns Peak Village. The 2,820-acre (1,140 ha) park, established west of Hahns Peak in 1967, includes a 1,101 acres (446 ha) reservoir. Park facilities include a visitors center, marina, boat ramps, campsites, cabins, picnic sites and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of hiking trails. Plant communities include sagebrush shrubland, quaking aspen and lodgepole pine forests, willow carr and marsh. Commonly seen mammalian wildlife species include mule deer and red fox. The reservoir attracts many species of shorebirds and waterfowl, including sandhill cranes that nest in the wetland areas.