Steamboat Lake State Park is a Colorado state park located in Routt County north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and near the community of Hahns Peak Village. The park land west of Hahns Peak was acquired in 1966. It and the reservoir was opened to the public in 1972. As of 2021 park facilities include a visitors center, marina, boat ramps, campsites, cabins, picnic sites and of hiking trails. Plant communities include sagebrush shrubland, quaking aspen and lodgepole pine forests, willow carr and marsh. Commonly seen mammalian wildlife species include mule deer and red fox. The reservoir attracts many species of shorebirds and waterfowl, including sandhill cranes that nest in the wetland areas.
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