Welcome to Northwest Colorado!

Craig, the Moffat County seat, is rich in recreational opportunities, natural resources, and Old West lore. Located at the junction of U.S. Highway 40 and Colorado Highway 13, Craig is the mid-point for Denver and Salt Lake City travelers and is the economic center of Northwest Colorado.

Moffat County's high-desert landscape provides world-class hunting and an abundance of winter and summer recreational opportunities. We have the only wave pool complex on the Western Slope, a beautiful and challenging 18-hole public golf course with scenic views of the Yampa River. In Moffat County, you'll also enjoy sport fishing, abundant wildlife and petroglyphs. You'll also find the gateway to Dinosaur National Monument and one of the last free-roaming herds of wild mustangs.

Resident elk, deer, antelope, mountain lions, sandhill
cranes, eagles, wild horses and other species of

wildlife may be spotted from state and county roads that wander through scenic back country. Northwest Colorado is nationally renowned for big game hunting.

Summer recreation opportunities include hiking, biking, horseback riding, rafting, kayaking, tubing, motocross and more. Moffat County is an outdoorsman paradise.

In the winter, residents and visitors enjoy a variety of snow sports such as cross-country and downhill skiing, snowmobiling, snowshowing, playing hockey and icefishing.

 

Winter, summer, spring or fall, Moffat County is your recreation destination

And, we're steeped in cowboy, Native American, gunfighter and outlaw history. Visit several historical sights, including Brown's Park, the Jarvie Homestead, the Museum of Northwest Colorado or the Wyman Museum and learn how the West was won.

 

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