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Ridgway State Park

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Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Ridgway State Park
Phone:
+1 970-626-5822

Hours:
Sunday12am - 12am
Monday12am - 12am
Tuesday12am - 12am
Wednesday12am - 12am
Thursday12am - 12am
Friday12am - 12am
Saturday12am - 12am


Ridgway, coined Gateway to the San Juans, is a Home Rule Municipality in Ouray County, in the southwestern portion of the U.S. State of Colorado. The town is a former railroad stop on the Uncompaghre River in the northern San Juan Mountains. The town population was 713 at the 2000 census and 924 according to the 2010 census.Steep forested mountains and cliffs surround Ridgway on the south, east, and northeast. The Uncompahgre River runs through the town and flows into the Ridgway State Park and Reservoir, to the north. Dallas Creek also flows from the south-west and forms a confluence with the Uncompahgre before entering the reservoir. There is a notable wildlife presence — mountain lions, badgers, deer, elk, bears, coyotes, wild turkey, and bald eagles are indigenous to the area. The regions bald eagles nest in the cottonwoods along the river and are a common sight in the late fall. Ridgway and the surrounding area have featured predominantly in pop culture. Most notably the area is the setting of John Wayne's western movie True Grit, and others including How the West Was Won and Tribute to a Bad Man. Ridgway has the only stoplight in Ouray County, at the intersection of Highways 550 and 62.
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