• Long before the city of Denver was created, many travelers came to the South Platte River to escape the arid Great Plains.
  • The Cameron Peak Fire burned 208,913 acres in the Cache la Poudre River and Big Thompson Watersheds ... The South Platte River: A River Shaped by Use.
  • It includes a tour of south platte river sampling locations, discusses sampling results, and provides graphics which summarize the quality of water in denver's streams.
  • For years, people experiencing homelessness have been camping along the South Platte River in Denver.
  • The South Platte River flows from its headwaters in the Mosquito Range west of South Park across Colorado’s northeastern plains.
  • The South Platte River is loved by Denverites who enjoy being able to step out of their high-rise apartments to play in the water at Confluence Park.
  • Beginning at the Julesburg Colorado Welcome Center, this 19-mile byway circles the South Platte River between Ovid and Julesburg.
  • The SPR facility is located in the Upper South Platte River Basin and the Metro Water Basin as defined by the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
  • Hefty trout venture out of these reservoirs and run upstream into the various sections of the South Platte. Fishing can be sporadic
  • South Platte River, one of the two main arms of the Platte River (q.v.), rising in the Mosquito Range of central Colorado, U.S., and flowing southeast.