Description: These data depict the hydrography (water) resources of Rocky Mountain National Park. It is derived and developed from a number of sources. These include: > 1:24000-scale USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) data.> 1:24000-scale USFS Cartographic Feature File (CFF) data, > GPS (Global Positioning System) data. These data have also been updated and upgraded using heads-up digitizing using USGS DOQ's and color DOQ's developed for Rocky Mountain National Park as a backdrop. **NOTE** - These data are available as either an ESRI coverage, or as separate ESRI shapefiles, and this one metadata file is valid for all those data. When in COVERAGE format, both arc and polygon data are in the one dataset. Due to the limitations of the ESRI shapefile format, this hydrography data is contained in two separate shapefiles: Lakes.shp (polygons) and Streams.shp (vectors). These data were originally compiled in 1995, and have been incrementally updated and upgraded as needed. These data depict only vector and/or polygon features (streams, lakes, etc.). Point hydrography features (wells, springs, diversions, etc.) are located in other datasets of the Rocky Mountain National Park GIS database. These data cover a 39 quad area centered on Rocky Mountain National Park. The 7.5 minute USGS quads covered are: Clark Peak, Chambers Lake, Comanche Peak, Pingree Park, Crystal Mountain, Mount Richthofen, Fall River Pass, Trail Ridge, Estes Park, Glen Haven, Bowen Mountain, Grand Lake, McHenrys Peak, Longs Peak, Panorama Peak, Trail Mountain, Shadow Mountain, Isolation Peak, Allens Park, Raymond, Granby, Strawberry Lake, Monarch Lake, Ward, Gold Hill, Rawah Lakes, Boston Peak, Kinikinik, Rustic, Big Narrows, Poudre Park, Buckhorn Mountain, Drake, Pinewood Lake, Lyons, Boulder, Laporte, Horsetooth Reservoir, and Masonville.
Description: These data depicts trails in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. They are derived and developed from a number of sources. These include: >1:100000-scale USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) data, >1:50000-scale USGS map of Rocky Mountain National Park (40105-A4-PF-050), >GPS (Global Positioning System) data. These data have also been updated and upgraded using heads-up digitizing using: >USGS Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQQ)(late 1980's/early 1990's vintage - grayscale); >Color aerial imagery developed for Rocky Mountain National Park (2001); >National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery (2005 & 2009); >One foot resolution 4-band aerial imagery acquired by the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest (2008). Approximately 70% of trail miles in this database have been upgraded via GPS and DOQQ digitizing. **NOTE** - The SEGNAME and OLDNAME fields depict the names of trails as known by the Trail Crew of RMNP, and are mentioned in planning documents such as the "Trails System Maintenance and Reconstruction Plan 2000" and the earlier 1982 Trail Plan. Unfortunately, many trails in the Park do NOT have just ONE COMMON NAME!! An example would be the main trail through Wild Basin. Depending on who you ask, this trail may be refered to as: the Wild Basin Trail, or; the Copeland Falls Trail, or; the Thunder Lake Trail, or; the Ouzel Falls Trail; and perhaps even the Bluebird Lake Trail. Many people identify a trail name with their destination.
Description: These data depicts trails in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. They are derived and developed from a number of sources. These include: >1:100000-scale USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) data, >1:50000-scale USGS map of Rocky Mountain National Park (40105-A4-PF-050), >GPS (Global Positioning System) data. These data have also been updated and upgraded using heads-up digitizing using: >USGS Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads (DOQQ)(late 1980's/early 1990's vintage - grayscale); >Color aerial imagery developed for Rocky Mountain National Park (2001); >National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) aerial imagery (2005 & 2009); >One foot resolution 4-band aerial imagery acquired by the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest (2008). Approximately 70% of trail miles in this database have been upgraded via GPS and DOQQ digitizing. **NOTE** - The SEGNAME and OLDNAME fields depict the names of trails as known by the Trail Crew of RMNP, and are mentioned in planning documents such as the "Trails System Maintenance and Reconstruction Plan 2000" and the earlier 1982 Trail Plan. Unfortunately, many trails in the Park do NOT have just ONE COMMON NAME!! An example would be the main trail through Wild Basin. Depending on who you ask, this trail may be refered to as: the Wild Basin Trail, or; the Copeland Falls Trail, or; the Thunder Lake Trail, or; the Ouzel Falls Trail; and perhaps even the Bluebird Lake Trail. Many people identify a trail name with their destination.
Description: This data depicts the location of designated historic districts located within Rocky Mountain National Park.The information that follows can be found in it's entirety at nps.gov/romo"Human evidence surfaces in a wide range of places within the current park boundaries; including the edge of glaciers, across the Continental Divide, and in valleys throughout the park. Archeological sites and both remnants of and extant buildings and structures exist in the park as a record of human activity. The park's historic structures environment illustrates the history of the park from homesteader ranch inholdings to its growth through the rustic phase which includes work by the Civil Conservation Corps and up to the Mission 66 period when parks were being updated to keep up with the burgeoning tourists that arrived after World War II ended. Some of these sites are eligible for the Natonal Register of Historic Places or are already on the National Register and are protected in the park. Only about half of the park has been surveyed for archeological sites."