National Forest · USFS · CO · Roosevelt connection
Pike National Forest
Alerts and conditions
All clear. The managing agency, the National Weather Service and wildfire reporting show no current alerts.
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
The Roosevelt connection
His proclamations and orders
- July 1, 1908: Executive Order 888, “Pike National Forest, Colo., Created.” Today’s site began with this document. Shares a supervisor with the San Isabel since 1975.
Executive Order 888 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the USDA Forest Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument NPS · 20 miles
- Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument USFS · 48 miles
- San Isabel National Forest USFS · 48 miles
- Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 50 miles
- Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 51 miles
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 56 miles