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national park, Colorado, United States
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Rocky Mountain National Park, spectacular mountainous region of north-central Colorado, U.S. It lies just west of the town of Estes Park and adjoins Arapaho National Recreation Area, which surrounds two lakes formed by the impounding of the Colorado River, to the southwest; the eastern entrance of the park lies about 70 miles (115 km) northwest of Denver. Established in 1915 and designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1976, the national park has an area of 415 square miles (1,075 square km). Rocky Mountain National Park includes part of the Front Range, a line of mountains trending north-south that marks the ...(100 of 357 words)

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