 | State Parks |
| | Navajo State Park | | This 15,000 surface-acre reservoir extends for 35 miles south into New Mexico. Fishing, boating, camping, and wildlife viewing are popular at this State Park. | |
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| Wilderness Areas |
| | Weminuche Wilderness Area | | Here is Colorado backpacking at its best - but most crowded. There are close to 500 miles of trails within the wilderness. This wilderness is open to hikers. These areas are habitats for elk, moose, mountain goat and deer for which sightings are common. This area also supports a predator population or black bear, mountain lion and coyote. | |
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| Wildlife Preserves & Refuges |
| | Bodo State Wildlife Area | | This wildlife area lies in a basin just south of Durango. Bodo provides many different hunting opportunities. Basin creek flows east through the property to the Animas River. | |
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| | Haviland Lake State Wildlife Area | | This body of water covers 65 surface-acres. This State Wildlife Area produces good fishing for catchable-size (6-12 inch) rainbow & occasionally brook trout. | |
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| | Pastorius Reservoir State Wildlife Area | | This small irrigation impoundment is located southeast of Durango. The reservoir is managed as both a warm and cold-water fishery, with largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegill, and trout. This reservoir is stocked periodically with fingerling and catchable-sized rainbow trout. | |
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| | Perins Peak State Wildlife Area | | Parking at the north end of Tract A provides an access point into the San Juan National Forest, offering many biking, hiking, and horseback riding opportunities. | |
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| | Summit Reservoir State Wildlife Area | | This reservoir is managed primarily as a warm-water fishery for largemouth and smallmouth bass, and fishing is fair to good for both. This reservoir is periodically stocked with rainbow trout. | |
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