Look: Geologic Cross-section of South Park Basin, (Peter Barkmann, Colorado Geologic Survey, 2018)Ĭolorado has two other big basin parks to the north: Middle Park in Grand County and North Park in Jackson County. This geologic structure is called a graben. As the mountains rise, the land in between is forming a basin, like a hammock. It’s a pull-apart basin, meaning the mountain ranges on either side are popping up like floating blocks of ice cubes on top of the Earth’s hot mantle below. Photo: Michele White Geography of South Park, Colorado The denizens of South Park are artist types with interesting lifestyles: ranchers, survivalists, shop owners, retired folk, and other miscellaneous humans of the modern species.

Not teeming with population, Park County in this vicinity retains a unique rustic character left over from historic times. The basin is a wide-open flat plain with an astounding view of peaks in all directions. It’s an expansive regional full of many colorful and authentic small mountain towns.

South Park Colorado is a high alpine basin at 9,000+ feet elevation, nestled between a ring of tall mountain ranges.

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