Whitewater Trail
A Popular Destination for People of any Persuasion
Perhaps no area in Colorado offers as wide a variety of birds as the area along the Arkansas River from Pueblo up to Canon City and beyond. Famous for its whitewater rafting, the Arkansas Canyon offers an amazing variety of wildlife viewing opportunities in a spectacular setting. Here, species characteristic of the Arizona deserts meet species of the plains, the Great Basin and the high Rockies. Pueblo Reservoir is one of the best birding lakes in the state, and the area around it harbors wildlife ranging from roadrunners to tarantulas. Farther up the valley, you can find sapsuckers, tanagers and bighorn sheep. It’s not for nothing that the Arkansas Canyon is one of the most popular destinations in Colorado, for people of any persuasion!
Sites on this Trail
- Roselawn Cemetery
- Runyon Lake State Wildlife Area
- Pueblo City Park
- Greenway & Nature Center of Pueblo
- Lake Pueblo State Park and Pueblo Reservoir State Wildlife Area
- Pueblo West
- Brush Hollow State Wildlife Area and Reservoir
- Florence
- Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area
- Phantom Canyon
- Canon City Riverwalk
- Tunnel Drive
- Temple Canyon Park
- Red Canyon Park
- Texas Creek
- Hayden Creek Campground
- Desert Canyon Farm