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Day Use Areas

Recreation opportunities abound on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland. Many areas are free, but this list requires a payment of a day use fee and honors the Medicine Bow-Routt Day Use fee and National Interagency passes. 

Brush Creek/Hayden Ranger District

  • Brush Creek Trailhead
  • Brush Creek Pavilion
  • Hog Park Picnic Area
  • Lakeview Picnic Area and Boat Launch at Hog Park Reservoir
  • Miner's Cabin Trailhead
  • Mirror Lake Picnic Area
  • Six Mile Day Use Area
  • Tipple Trailhead
  • West Lake Marie Trailhead

Douglas Ranger District

  • Laramie Peak Trailhead
  • Laramie Peak Day Use Parking

Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District

  • Dry Lake Trailhead
  • Dumont Lake Picnic Area
  • Ferndale Picnic Area
  • Fish Creek Falls Recreation Area
  • Freeman Reservoir
  • Hahns Peak Lake Day Use Area
  • Hahns Peak Lake Eastside Day Use Area
  • Mad Creek Trailhead
  • Rabbit Ears Trailhead
  • Slavonia Trailhead

Laramie Ranger District

  • Barber Lake Picnic and Fishing
  • Blair Picnic Ground
  • Chimney Park Trailhead
  • Corner Mountain Trailhead
  • Fir Picnic Ground
  • Green Rock Trailhead
  • Happy Jack Trailhead
  • Lake Owen Boat Ramp and Day Use Area
  • Lake Owen Fishing Pier and Trailhead
  • Libby Flats Observation Site
  • Little Laramie Trailhead
  • Nautilus Rock Trailhead
  • Rob Roy Boat Ramp and Day Use Area
  • Sugarloaf Day Use Sites
    • Lewis Lake Picnic Ground and Trailhead
    • Libby Lake Picnic Ground and Trailhead
  • Summit Trailhead
  • Tie City Trailhead
  • Vedauwoo Day Use Sites
    • Beaver Ponds Picnic Ground and Trailhead
    • Box Canyon Picnic Ground and Trailhead
    • East Turtle Rock Trailhead
    • Vedauwoo Amphitheater
    • West Turtle Rock Trailhead

Parks Ranger District

  • Big Creek Lake Picnic Area and Boat Launch
  • Grizzly Creek Guard Station Trailhead
  • Seven Lakes Trailhead
  • Teal Lake Picnic Area

Yampa Ranger District

  • No fees are collected at Yampa Ranger District Day Use Areas.

Last updated October 8, 2026