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Lathrop State Park
| Lathrop State Park | |
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.JPG) Horseshoe Lake and the Spanish Peaks | |
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| Location | Huerfano County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Nearest city | Walsenburg, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 37°36′10″N 104°49′59″W / 37.60278°N 104.83306°W |
| Area | 1,594 acres (6.45 km2) |
| Established | 1962 |
| Named for | Harold Lathrop |
| Visitors | 121,000[1] (in 2023) |
| Governing body | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
Lathrop State Park is a Colorado state park located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Walsenburg. The state purchased the property in 1962 and opened Colorado's first state park here later that same year.[2] It is named after Harold Lathrop, the first director of state parks.[3] The park features two lakes, Martin Lake and Horseshoe Lake, that offer fishing for tiger muskie (46-inch, 25-pound examples have been caught here), rainbow trout, bass, catfish, northern pike, blue gill, saugeye, and wipers.[4]
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- ^ "Fishing at Lathrop State Park". Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Colorado Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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