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DRAFT Market Study Lake Nighthorse
<br />Figure 3- Comparable Reservoir Usage
<br />Source: Colorado State Parks
<br />Even without capturing market share from other users, future growth projections for residents
<br />and tourists indicate that use at Lake Nighthorse will increase over time, from 163,000 user
<br />days annually at first to 197,000 users in 2025.
<br />Figure 4- Projected User -Days Through 2025
<br />250,000
<br />200,000
<br />150,000 1 --
<br />100,000
<br />50.000 - - -- - - - - - -- .
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<br />Source: RPI Calculations
<br /><25 mile
<br />25- 50mile
<br />50 -100 mile
<br />Tourist Days
<br />Total
<br />1 Navajo Reservoir was included because of its proximity to Durango and Farmington.
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<br />County
<br />County
<br />Nearest Major
<br />Municipality
<br />Distance to
<br />Lake
<br />User
<br />Pop
<br />Municipality
<br />Pop.
<br />Municipality
<br />Acreage
<br />Days
<br />Nighthorse
<br />La Plata
<br />50,735
<br />Durango
<br />16,586
<br />2
<br />1,490
<br />163,000
<br />Eleven Mile
<br />Park
<br />17,073
<br />Woodland Park
<br />7,244
<br />32
<br />3,405
<br />289,691
<br />Highline State Park
<br />Mesa
<br />14,440
<br />Grand Junction
<br />55,189
<br />24
<br />170
<br />180,465
<br />Jackson Lake
<br />Morgan
<br />28,594
<br />Fort Morgan
<br />10,834
<br />21
<br />2,411
<br />179,073
<br />Navajo'
<br />San Juan/
<br />136,835
<br />Farmington
<br />42,637
<br />33
<br />15,600
<br />835,758
<br />Archuleta
<br />North Sterling
<br />Logan
<br />21,705
<br />Sterling
<br />13,553
<br />13
<br />2,880
<br />152,179
<br />Ridgway
<br />Curay
<br />4,703
<br />Montrose
<br />17,834
<br />22
<br />1,000
<br />309,897
<br />Rifle Gap
<br />Garfield
<br />57,050
<br />Rifle
<br />9,499
<br />15
<br />360
<br />165,244
<br />Stagecoach
<br />Routt
<br />23,738
<br />Steamboat
<br />11,939
<br />16
<br />771
<br />135,035
<br />Springs
<br />Steamboat Lake
<br />Routt
<br />23,738
<br />Steamboat
<br />11,939
<br />28
<br />1,011
<br />371,620
<br />Springs
<br />Trinidad Lake
<br />Las Animas
<br />16,639
<br />Trinidad
<br />9,542
<br />5
<br />800
<br />154,976
<br />Average
<br />270,833
<br />Source: Colorado State Parks
<br />Even without capturing market share from other users, future growth projections for residents
<br />and tourists indicate that use at Lake Nighthorse will increase over time, from 163,000 user
<br />days annually at first to 197,000 users in 2025.
<br />Figure 4- Projected User -Days Through 2025
<br />250,000
<br />200,000
<br />150,000 1 --
<br />100,000
<br />50.000 - - -- - - - - - -- .
<br />'LO�� �O,yO lLOtiti 'LOtiA 'LOtirO 'LOti4� �oti0 'LO,�ti 'LOtia
<br />Source: RPI Calculations
<br /><25 mile
<br />25- 50mile
<br />50 -100 mile
<br />Tourist Days
<br />Total
<br />1 Navajo Reservoir was included because of its proximity to Durango and Farmington.
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