The lake features a designated swim area with clear, cool waters, making it ideal for a refreshing dip on a hot summer day.

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Northern Colorado’s Jackson Lake is the only state park on the list, including also Great Sand Dunes and Black Canyon of the Gunnison national parks and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

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Jon Wade, a longtime Steamboat ... Colorado Springs. It lies about 20 miles south of Steamboat Springs. It is near Stagecoach Reservoir, which was built in the early 1980s and is now a state park.

Amazing view during the Perseid meteor shower last year at Eleven Mile State Park, which recently received DarkSky Colorado certification.  Photo courtesy of Eric Schuette/CPW Gov.