The Pike National Forest is located in the Front Range of Colorado, west of Colorado Springs and including Pikes Peak. Devil's Head Lookout is a US Forest Service Fire lookout tower located in Douglas County Colorado. The Front Range is a Mountain range of the Rocky Mountains of North America that is located in the north-central portion of the U The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, Pikes Peak (originally Pike's Peak, see below) is a Mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, west of Colorado Springs The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km²) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and El Paso counties. Clear Creek County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Teller County is the 22nd most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Park County is the 17th most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Jefferson County (ˈdʒɛfərsən ˈkaʊnti is the fourth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Douglas County is the eighth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. El Paso County is the second most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States behind Denver County. The major river draining the forest is the South Platte. The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American West, located in the U
Pike National Forest is managed in association with San Isabel National Forest and Comanche National Grassland in Colorado, as well as Cimarron National Grassland in Kansas and is headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado. San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado. The forest contains 19 of the states 54 Fourteeners, peaks over high including Mount Elbert Comanche Cimarron National Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " The City of Pueblo (ˈpwɛbloʊ is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County There are local ranger district offices located in Fairplay and Morrison. The historic Town of Fairplay is a Statutory Town that is the County seat and the most populous town of Park County, Colorado, The Town of Morrison is a Home Rule Municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
The forest is named after American explorer Zebulon Pike. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr ( January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak
Pike National Forest was the location of the massive Hayman Wildfire of 2002. The Hayman Fire was a Forest fire that started southwest of Denver, Colorado on June 8, 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Much of the bedrock within Pike National Forest is made up of the coarse, pink to orange Pikes Peak granite. Bedrock is the native consolidated rock underlying the surface of a terrestrial planet usually the Earth. Pikes Peak granite is a wide-spread Geologic formation found in the Front Range of Colorado, including on its namesake Pikes Peak.
The Pike and San Isabel National Forest was recently awarded a major reclamation project to fix the damage from the Hayman wildfire. The project was sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation, in conjunction with several university bookstores. The Arbor Day Foundation is the world's oldest and largest tree-planting organization Pike and San Isabel was voted the winner from a group of three separate forests. The vote took place at www. buildaforest. com. The school who placed the most votes for Pike and San Isabel National Forest was the University of Central Florida; the Pike and San Isabel National Forest will be a given a name honoring the effort by UCF students, alumni, and supporters.
Wilderness areas
- Mount Evans Wilderness
- Lost Creek Wilderness
See also
External links
- Pike & San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands from the US Forest Service website
This article related to a protected area in the United States is a stub. The Lost Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located in central Colorado in Jefferson and Park counties south of the town of Bailey. The United States Army Pikes Peak Research Laboratory, or simply the “Pikes Peak Lab” is a modern medical research laboratory for the assessment of the impact of high altitude on human Devil's Head Lookout is a US Forest Service Fire lookout tower located in Douglas County Colorado. Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental cultural or similar value The United States of America —commonly referred to as the You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic