- City:
- Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1941
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Gem Lake Trail at Rocky Mountain National Park is on the National Register of Historic Places (2008, 5LR.11810.1), in part for New Deal improvements:
“The trail is associated with the early resort industry and tourism in the Estes Park region, particularly in its function as an equestrian route. The trail assumed its current alignment with the completion of alterations in 1923. During 1940 and 1941, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) performed trail maintenance and improvements in keeping with National Park Service Naturalistic Design principles of the 1920s through the 1940s. The property is associated with the Rocky Mountain National Park and the Historic Park Landscapes in National and State Parks Resources Multiple Property Submissions.” (History Colorado)
It is only one of many trails that the CCC worked on in Rocky Mountain National Park (see associated trails page).
At this Location:
- Staff Residential Area - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Moraine Park Museum - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Trail Ridge Road Completion - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Bear Lake Comfort Station - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Fall River Road to Trail Ridge Road Connector - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Fall River Entrance Ranger Station - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Shadow Mountain Lookout - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Timber Creek Campground and Comfort Stations - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Recreational Development - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Trails and Trail Renovation - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Utility Area - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Moraine Park Amphitheater - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Trail Ridge Road Rock Walls - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- CCC Camps (former) - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
- Trail Ridge Store - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
View all sites at Rocky Mountain National Park - CO (19 Sites)
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