North Park (Colorado basin)

[1] The valley is crossed east-west by State Highway 14, which enters from the east over Cameron Pass, providing a link to the Poudre Canyon and Fort Collins.Highway 14 enters from the west over Muddy Pass which provides access to Steamboat Springs, and to Middle Park in the valley of the Colorado River.In 2007, North Park produced 96 thousand barrels of oil and 1.3 billion cubic feet (BCF) of natural gas from 153 wells.[2] In 2008 EOG Resources announced great success in drilling and completing horizontal oil wells in the Cretaceous Niobrara Formation.It was a co-operative project in which it was envisioned that all the various industries and businesses would be united in a single management, with the "coworker citizens" receiving equitable recompense for their work.
Looking across North Park from State Highway 125 towards the Never Summer Mountains.
Map showing North and Middle Park.
View of North Park basin from Parkview Mountain (June 2024). Far right: Radial Mountain (part of the Rabbit Ears Range ). Behind it and stretching towards the center of the image are the Never Summer and Medicine Bow Mountains . On the far left is an extrusion of the Rabbit Ears Range, with the Park Range visible in the far distance behind it.
North Park Basin geologic map .
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