BURNING BEAR

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CAMPING • COLORADO

Burning Bear


April 19, 2024

The Burning Bear Camping Area in Colorado offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains, with nearby activities including hiking, fishing, and mountain biking. The campground amenities include vault toilets and picnic tables, with campsites available on a first-come-first-serve basis. There are 17 campsites available, with the best time to visit being from June to September with average temperatures ranging from 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit. It is important to note that the campground is located at a high elevation, so visitors should prepare for cooler temperatures at night.




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Fishing Destinations

                                                       

Idaho Springs Reservoir

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Lake Caroline

Ice Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Lake Verna & Spirit Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout

Mills Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Forest Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Rogers Peak Lake (Rogers Pass) - JPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

James Peak Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Jenny Lake - IPWA

Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout • Tiger Trout

Jasper Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Jewel Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Crater Lake (Hyslop Lake) - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fishing is Fun #4

Elevenmile Canyon Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Northern Pike • Rainbow Trout

Upper Diamond Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Granby Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Lake Trout • Rainbow Trout

Yankee Doodle Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Arrowhead Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Brainard Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Fifth Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Urad Reservoir - Upper

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Ethel Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Roosevelt Lakes

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Long Draw #1 Fishing site

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Loch Lomond Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Northern Pike

Murray Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Hutcheson Lakes - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Georgetown Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Deep Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Heart Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Joe Wright Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Round Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Sprague Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout

Willow Creek Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Charlie Taylor Water Wheel Park

Pony Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Coney Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

The Loch - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Meadow Creek Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Cutthroat Trout

Thunder Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Cone Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Long Lake (Hell Canyon) - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lake Edith

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Brown Trout

Summit Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

King Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Ypsilon Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Permit

Fall River Reservoir

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Pettingell Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Gibraltar Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Emerald Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Permit

Beartrack Lakes

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Mitchell Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Arapahoe Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Red Rock Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Kelp Bass • Largemouth Bass • Rainbow Trout

Gourd Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Upper Lake & Stone Lake- IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Ouzel Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Frozen Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Kelp Bass

Left Hand Reservoir - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Barker Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout

Lawn Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Caribou Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout

Crawford Lake (Hell Canyon) - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Sherwin Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Diamond Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout

Fishing is Fun #6

Chinn`s Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Rainbow Trout

Glass Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Columbine Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Peacock Pool - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Butterfly Peacock Bass

Moraine Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Loomis Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Game Check Trailhead

Crater Lakes - JPWA

Apache Trout

Clayton Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lake Isabelle - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Spinney Mountain Reservoir

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Box Lake & Drainage - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Byron Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Peterson Lake (Nederland)

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Central City Park Pond

Apache Trout • Blue Catfish • Brown Trout • Channel Catfish • Rainbow Trout

Philadelphia Mill Site Open Space Park

Lake Solitude - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Black Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Brook Trout

Timber Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Rainbow Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout

Monarch Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Steuart Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Frigid Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lily Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Skyscraper Reservoir - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Joe Wright Reservoir

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Comanche Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Bob Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Estes Lake

Apache Trout • Lake Trout

Lake Dorothy - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Odessa Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Long Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fay Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Haynach Lakes & Drainage - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Mirror Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Slater Lake

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Copeland Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Northern Pike • Rainbow Trout

Fourth Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Long Draw #2 Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Ranger Lakes

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout

Lost Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Hassell Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Fern Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout • Splake

Shadow Mountain Reservoir

American Shad • Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Lake Trout • Rainbow Trout

Eleven Mile Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Northern Pike

Reynolds Lake

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Lincoln Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Blue Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout

Red Deer Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Jefferson Lake

Apache Trout • Northern Pike

Lone Pine Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout

Square Top Lakes

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Lake Envy - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Devil`s Thumb Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

North Michigan Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout

Sandbeach Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brown Trout

Island Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout

Rock Lake & Little Rock Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Spruce Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout

Antero Reservoir

Apache Trout • Atlantic Salmon • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Silver Dollar Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Woodland Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Rainbow Trout • Tiger Trout

Little Echo Lake - JPWA

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Pear Lake & Creek - RMNP

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Rainbow Trout

Lake Haiyaha - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Rainbow Trout

Zimmerman Lake

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Sky Pond - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Watanga Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Crystal Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Gibson Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Betty Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Dream Lake - RMNP

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Permit • Rainbow Trout

Big Thompson River

Apache Trout • Rainbow Trout

Bill Moore Lake

American Eel • Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Long Draw #3 Fishing Site

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Permit • Rainbow Trout

Ten Lake Park - RMNP

Apache Trout • Black Sea Bass • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Iceberg Lakes - JPWA

American Eel • Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Tarryall Reservoir

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Shelf Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Neva Lakes - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brook Trout • Brown Trout • Cutthroat Trout • Rainbow Trout

Lake Nanita & Drainage - RMNP

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout

Storm Lake - IPWA

Black Crappie • Blue Catfish • Channel Catfish • Walleye • White Perch • Yellow Perch

Trap Lake

Apache Trout • Brook Trout

Banana Lake - IPWA

Apache Trout • Brown Trout • Kelp Bass • Rainbow Trout • Smallmouth Bass

Chicago Lakes

Apache Trout • Cutthroat Trout
                                                                                                                       
                                               

Rafting & Kayaking

END OF FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ROAD TO PEARL CREEK IN SE 1/4 SEC 21, T10N, R74W
Cache La Poudre Watershed, Colorado
SOUTH SECTION LINE SEC 34, T1N, R83W TO CONFLUENCE WITH DECKER CREEK
Colorado headwaters Watershed, Colorado
CONFLUENCE WITHDOUGLAS CREEK TO BENNETT PEAK
Upper North Platte Watershed, Wyoming
ROARING FORK (WEST SECTION LINE SEC 28 T9N, R82W); RED CANYON (NW1/4 SEC 5, T8N, R82W) TO EAST SECTION LINE SEC 34, T9N, R82W
North Platte Headwaters Watershed, Colorado
COLORADO RIVER SEGMENT 4
Colorado headwaters Watershed, Colorado
COLORADO RIVER SEGMENT 6
Colorado headwaters Watershed, Colorado
BEGINS 0.5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM END OF COUNTY HWY 115 TO EASTERN BOUNDARY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
St. Vrain Watershed, Colorado
COLORADO RIVER SEGMENT 5
Colorado headwaters Watershed, Colorado
HEADWATERS TO ENDS 0.5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM END OF COUNTY HWY 115
St. Vrain Watershed, Colorado
HEADWATERS OF NORTH, MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS TO CONFLUENCE OF SOUTH FORK WITH ENCAMPMENT RIVER
Upper Yampa Watershed, Colorado

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