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User input for Monument Lake, Front Range, El Paso County, Colorado:
Dan: nice lake, easy to get to. Fits a couple of canoes. Some marshy area where people train their dogs. Fishing in 2007 was expected to be not the best due to the drought in 2004. We went twice in 2007, kids had a couple of bites, could see some people catching some smaller fish. Good lake for the ''I only have a few hours before the kids games'' kinda place.
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Monument Lake is always a pleasure to visit. Now, you may imagine that's loads but there's even more fun stuff to do here in the Front Range. Getting to Crystal Creek from Monument Lake is uncomplicated, and a striking lake like Palmer Lake is a good site to visit. This lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Monument Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Lake Of The Rockies Retreat is a glorious place for that; close by you find the Winding
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| | Stairs Trail which is a great hiking trail. This lake is so wonderful. The Stanley Canyon Trail is a delightful hiking trail in the neighborhood of Monument Lake, and after a long day outdoors Fairfield Inn & Suites Colorado Springs Monument is a wonderful place to spend a night or two. The Front Range scenery is always beautiful. If only every location had this much outdoors enjoyable things, what a great earth it would be. From Monument Lake you obtain | |
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a splendid vista of Elephant Rock, and not far from Monument Lake you acquire some splendid water scenery at Monument Lake Dam. During the days of summer here at Monument Lake, high temperatures mostly reach the 80's; during summer
nights temperatures are in the 50's. The winter comes with highs in the 40's, and after the sun is down through the winter temperatures at Monument Lake fall into the 10's. And if that's not sufficient, there's plenty more to
do close to Monument Lake. Monument Lake gets very little rainfall; throughout the month of May you get the most rain around here, and the driest month is January. If the weather is brilliant here at Monument Lake, you can go for
a hike along the Balanced Rock Trail, and do pay a visit to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument since you're here at Monument Lake. Lots of people from Colorado Springs come to Monument Lake, and Woodmoor Lake is a great
lake nearby. Monument Lake is perfect enough to spend more than a day at, Colorado Heights Camping is a perfect local campground, and dry warm beds await you at National at Ridge Point Apartments. And if that's not sufficient there's
a lot more enjoyable things to do in the Front Range. Don't leave Monument Lake without first checking out Elephant Rock Arch, and if you want to play some golf, you're in luck because Gleneagle Golf Club is close by.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 39.08861 Longitude: -104.8794
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Stanley Canyon Trail
 | 9/7/2007 Hiked the Stanley Canyon trail with a friend and enjoyed the trail very much up to the reservoir. About half way up there is a ''V'' in the trail and you need to stay to the left or straight ahead. The trail leading up and to the right ends in scree and downed trees. It's a moderately strenuous trail up to the reservoir; but well worth it. Afterwards, we hiked up and past the reservoir and wanted to loop around and hit the lower Stanley trail but were unable to find the trailhead for it. We ended up blazing new ground and coming down Eagle Peak trail much to our surprise.... |
Palmer Reservoir
 | I sure wish I could find any sort of map or ANY information which actually tells me how to get to this reservior!... |
Coachlite Motel and RV Park
 | 12 miles away Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Nearby Grocery... - 35 RV hookups, FIRES:Check Daily... |
North Catamount Reservoir
 | 14 miles away For a nice hike/mountain bike ride, this lake has a complete loop around it. About half of it is single track that weaves gradually in and out of coves on the North side of the lake. The south side has a couple good climbs. The rest of the ride is on the roads (Ridge Trail), which offers some nice views of the Peak and glimpses of South Catamount. The best access, in my opinion, is from the Catamount entrance at the end of Edlow Road (Past Woodland Park about 3 miles).... |
Penrose-Rosemont Reservoir
 | 19 miles away Have fished at Rosemont for many years. Always had a great time, caught alot of fish. Very few people used to fish there but the scenery and beauty of the lake naturally attracts people.... |
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
 | 28 miles away Very informative...I ask one question...Senior Rates? What age is considered Senior for the parks system?...... |
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