Mountain Playgrounds 
Page Seven Of the Pike National Forest 
of the trip to the lakes being made on horseback or on foot over a good 
trail. Excellent fishing is to be had in both lakes and also in Chicago 
Creek. From the main trail leading to the lakes a branch trail bears 
off to Echo Lake, Goliath Peak, Summit Lake, and Mount Evans. 
Lost Park, situated along Lost Park Creek at an altitude of about 
9,000 feet, is accessible by wagon or saddle horse and pack train from 
Jefferson, a station on the Colorado & Southern Railway some 20 miles 
distant. ‘The trip requires about six hours. This park is surrounded 
by heavily timbered mountains which rise to elevations of from 10,000 
to 11,500 feet. Mountain sheep, deer, and other wild game can often 
be seen. Fishing is excellent, and the locality offers a most delightful 
camping ground for people who desire to get entirely away from towns 
and settlements. 
Jefferson Lake is about 7 miles by wagon road from the town of 
Jefferson. It lies at an altitude of 10,500 feet in a basin surrounded 
by heavy timber and covers almost 250 acres. Fishing is generally 
good, and many large trout are caught in these waters. 
Other camp sites on the Pike Forest particularly easy of access are 
those along Rock Creek, south of Colorado Springs on the Canyon City 
auto road; in Waldo and Williams Canyons, within a mile of the town 
of Manitou; in the Manitou Park and West Creek country, 8 to 20 
miles north of Woodland Park on the ‘“‘ Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean 
Highway,’ and along Tarryall Creek to the north of Lake George. 
The canyons near Colorado Springs and Manitou are very popular with 
Picnic parties and those who do not wish to outfit for a camping trip 
in the more remote regions. Four of the most popular picnic sites in 
Waldo Canyon have been improved by the Forest Service with woods 
fireplaces and comfort stations. 
FISHING. 
Within the boundaries of the Pike Forest are 250 miles of good 
fishing streams, teeming with eastern brook, black-speckled, and rain- 
bow trout, besides many well-stocked lakes in which fish of large size 
may be caught. Among the best fishing waters are the headwaters 
of the North and Middle Forks of Clear Creek, reached by auto- 
mobile and the Clear Creek Division of the Colorado & Southern 
Railway; North and South Forks of the South Platte River and their 
tributaries, accessible by both automobile and the South Park Division 
