Summer Recreation Opportunities:
Regional Overview

 
Summer Recreation icons - Collection of white summer recreation icons inside a brown squareThe Rocky Mountain Region manages 17 national forests and seven national grasslands throughout Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, along with most of South Dakota and Wyoming. The Rocky Mountain Region offers many different types of world-class recreational opportunities year-round, but many people claim that the summer ones are the BEST!
 
2010 Bighorn National Forest Visitor Information Map - Click to view a zoomable version of this mapA National Forest (NF) or National Grassland (NG) Visitor Information Map is useful in showing the location of main roads, forest roads, trailheads, wilderness areas, scenic areas, private land, Forest Supervisor and Ranger District offices and other features. If you would like to view a Rocky Mountain Region's national forest or national grassland Visitor Information Map, please check out the Maps & Publications website. To order a Rocky Mountain Region's national forest or national grassland Visitor Information Map, please contact the National Forest Store.
 
The main types of summer recreation opportunities in the Rocky Mountain Region's national forests and grasslands are listed below. Click on one of the recreation activities and you will be taken to that activity's website for more information: