SOUTHERN
COLORADO
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Kiowa County
Kiowa County is located on the eastern edge of Colorado. The County has several thousand acres of warm-water lakes that offer excellent recreational opportunity. Excellent hunting is found throughout the County.The Great Plains Reservoirs are located nine miles south of Eads on Highway 287. The largest reservoirs consist of four lakes bearing Cheyenne Indian names. Nee Gronda (Big Water), Neesopah (Black Water), Neeskah (Queen) and Neenoshe (Standing Water) are the four lakes. Queens State Wildlife Area, also known as North and South Reservoirs, is also located near Eads. Adobe Creek Reservoir, or Blue Lake, is 11 miles south of Haswell. All of these lakes have perfect places for camping, picnicking, sail boating, windsurfing and many other recreational activities.
Kiowa County is an outstanding place for hunting and wildlife watching. Antelope, deer, ducks and geese are found on the plains, near the lakes. In November, during the annual Mixed Bag Hunt, guides help teams bag goose, duck, ring-necked pheasant and bobwhite quail. Wildlife watchers can see and photograph antelope, deer, elk, the piping plover, least tern, hawks and eagles.
The lakes of Kiowa County are regularly stocked by the Colorado Division of Wildlife. This provides bass, bullhead, channel catfish, carp, walleye and hybrid wiper for excellent fishing. Bass and walleye fishing tournaments are held annually at Neegronda and Neenoshe Reservoirs.
Other attractions include the Eads Museum, Sand Creek Massacre Site, Town of Haswell and Woelk Park and Museum.
Southern Colorado Economic Development District (SCEDD)
1104 N. Main St.
Pueblo, CO 81003
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