Castlewood Canyon State Park is a Colorado state park near Franktown, Colorado…
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The park retains a unique part of Colorado's history, the remains of Castlewood Canyon Dam…
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Visitors can still see the remnants and damage from the dam which burst in 1933…
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The event sent a 15-foot wave all the way to downtown Denver resulting in a flood that took two lives and cost millions to recover from.
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Castlewood Canyon is on the edge of the Palmer Divide…
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It’s a geologically upraised area that results in more moisture falling than is normal in eastern Colorado, watering the Black Forest...
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The Palmer Divide is a caprock escarpment-style ridge that separates the Arkansas River basin from the South Platte basin…
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It extends from the Front Range of the Rockies eastward 80 miles toward the town of Limon…
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The Black Forest extends from Divide, Colorado east along the Platte-Arkansas Divide to a point where the Ponderosa Pines thin out…
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The first known inhabitants were the Ute and Comanche Indians at least 800 years ago…
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Dense Ponderosa Pines provided natives with protection, fuel, and timber for lodgepoles…
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The Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes were the last Native Americans to inhabit the area, before Pioneers from the East settled the region.
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Rattlesnakes, especially in this part of the park, are abundant and join native wildlife such as coyote, cottontail rabbit, red fox, black bear, and many more.
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Because of its distance from the light-pollution of Denver, and Colorado Springs, Castlewood Canyon is a prime spot for Stargazing…
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It is a popular spot in late July and August to catch the Perseid Meteor Shower, as well as other astronomical events during the year.
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