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San Juan National Forest

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Coordinates:37°33′19″N107°40′18″W / 37.5553°N 107.6716°W /37.5553; -107.6716

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National Forest in western Colorado

San Juan National Forest


Location	Colorado, United States
Nearest city	Durango, Colorado
Coordinates	37°33′19″N107°40′18″W / 37.5553°N 107.6716°W /37.5553; -107.6716
Area	1,878,846 acres (7,603.42 km²)
Established	June 3, 1905
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	San Juan National Forest

TheSan Juan National Forest is aU.S. national forest covering over 1,878,846acres (2,935.7 sq mi, or 7,603.42 km²) in westernColorado. The forest occupies land inArchuleta,Conejos,Dolores,Hinsdale,La Plata,Mineral,Montezuma,Rio Grande,San Miguel andSan Juan Counties.^[1] It borders theUncompahgre National Forest to the north and theRio Grande National Forest to the east. The forest covers most of the southern portion of theSan Juan Mountains west of theContinental Divide. The forest contains twoalpine wilderness areas; theWeminuche andSouth San Juan, as well as thePiedra Area.TheDurango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad passes through theNational Forest.

The name of the forest comes from theSan Juan River, which was originally called the Rio San Juan, afterSaint John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista inSpanish).^[2]^[3]

History

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TheContinental Divide of the Americas separates the San Juan National Forest and theRio Grande National Forest

Theodore Roosevelt created the forest by proclamation on June 3, 1905. Forest headquarters are located inDurango, Colorado. There are localranger district offices inBayfield,Dolores, andPagosa Springs.^[4]President Barack Obama designated part of the forest asChimney Rock National Monument by proclamation on September 21, 2012.^[5]

Wilderness areas

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There are four officially designatedwilderness areas lying within San Juan National Forest that are part of theNational Wilderness Preservation System. Three of them extend partially into neighboring National Forests (as indicated).

Lizard Head Wilderness (partly inUncompahgre NF)
South San Juan Wilderness (mostly inRio Grande NF)
Weminuche Wilderness (partly in Rio Grande NF)
Hermosa Creek Wilderness (all on San Juan National Forest)

References

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^Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County -United States Forest Service - September 30, 2007
^"Map of Juan National Forest"(PDF).Arizona Government. 1961. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on January 25, 2017. RetrievedSeptember 11, 2020.
^"Utah History Encyclopedia".www.uen.org. RetrievedSeptember 11, 2020.
^"USFS Ranger Districts by State"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on January 19, 2012. RetrievedMay 16, 2009.
^President of the United States of America (September 21, 2012)."Establishment of the Chimney Rock National Monument"(pdf). The White House. RetrievedSeptember 21, 2012.

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San Juan National Forest (United States Forest Service)

Protected areas of Colorado

Federal

National Conservation Areas	Dominguez–Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons
National Fish Hatcheries	Leadville
National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Medicine Bow–Routt Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River
National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee
National Historic Sites	Amache Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre
National Monuments	Browns Canyon Camp Hale-Continental Divide Canyons of the Ancients Chimney Rock Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House
National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain
National Recreation Areas	Arapaho Curecanti
National Trails	California Continental Divide Old Spanish Pony Express Santa Fe
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Cache la Poudre
National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

State

State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Fishers Peak Golden Gate Canyon Harvey Gap Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lone Mesa Lory Mancos Mueller Navajo North Sterling Paonia Pearl Lake Ridgway Rifle Falls Rifle Gap Roxborough Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweetwater Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River
State Forest	State Forest
State Wildlife Areas	List of Colorado state wildlife areas
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Scenic and Historic Byways	Alpine Loop Cache la Poudre-North Park Collegiate Peaks Colorado River Headwaters Dinosaur Diamond Flat Tops Trail Frontier Pathways Gold Belt Tour Grand Mesa Guanella Pass Highway of Legends Lariat Loop Los Caminos Antiguos Mount Blue Sky Pawnee Pioneer Trails Peak to Peak San Juan Skyway Santa Fe Trail Silver Thread South Platte River Trail Top of the Rockies Tracks Across Borders Trail of the Ancients Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Unaweep Tabeguache West Elk Loop

Trails

National Recreation Trails	Apex Barr Bear Creek Big Dry Creek Calico Crag Crest Devils Head Fish Creek Falls Grays Peak Greyrock Mountain High Line Canal Highline Loop Lake Fork Mineral Belt Mount Evans Mount McConnel Petroglyph Point Platte River Greenway Poudre River Rocky Mountain Arsenal Round Mountain Swamp Park Two Elk Two Ponds Vail Pass West Lost Trail Creek Wheeler Ten Mile White House Ranch
Regional Trails	American Discovery Trail Colorado Trail Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Kokopelli's Trail Paradox Trail Tabeguache Trail

Colorado Department of Natural Resources

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