Colorado's first state park has its first mountain bike-optimized trails. A flowy, buffed-out network roaming about 4 ½ miles is making its summer debut at Lathrop State Park, near Walsenburg.

WALSENBURG -- Lathrop State Park has a new manager who loves the beauty of nature but also appreciates seeing visitors enjoy it. Newly appointed Park Manager Stacey Lewis, who recently replaced ...

Meanwhile, plenty of room awaited at an equally refreshing oasis farther south. CPW considers Lathrop State Park one of these hidden gems. The underappreciation comes as a surprise, considering ...

COLORADO — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has shut off water to Lathrop State Park to make "major repairs" to the park's water system. As of now, the park plans on turning on the water on ...

WALSENBURG -- I'm standing on the shore of Martin Lake, one of two lakes at Lathrop State Park, and watching 13 Western grebe ride the choppy waves and dive beneath the surface. To the south ...

In 1957, then Governor Stephen McNichols appointed Harold Lathrop to the position of state park director, and he oversaw a budget of $39,192. Shortly into his tenure, in 1959, he helped establish ...

The nine-hole Walsenburg Municipal Public Golf Course is uniquely positioned right next to Lathrop State Park in Huerfano County. The park already offers camping, but Gary Vezzani with the ...