Feed the Trout - Chalk Cliffs Fish Hatchery - Nathrop, Colorado, USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
N 38° 44.760 W 106° 07.689
13S E 401961 N 4289194
This is a State run hatchery that only breeds rainbow trout. For 50 cents you can get a bucket of fish feed and watch the show (video link below!).
Waymark Code: WMMP1E
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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The Chalk Cliffs Fish Hatchery is a cold water facility that only raises catchable rainbow trout. The facility is open daily from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and admission is free. Donations are accepted. Pets are not allowed - neither on leash or carried in a bag. Volunteers provide information to visitors. You may not drive into the facility; free parking is nearby at N38° 44.739, W106° 07.663. The facility does not appear to easily be wheelchair accessible since there is a steep hill from the parking lot to the facility. I have scanned and uploaded the brochure from the facility as the last two photos of the gallery.

"Chalk Cliffs Hatchery annually raises about 700,000, ten-inch rainbow trout! Fish are raised in concrete raceways and seven dirt ponds. Waters are stocked along the Front Range, from Loveland to the New Mexico border, and east almost to the Kansas border.

Features:
Self-guided tours during the school year
Information kiosk
Volunteer hosts, during the summer, answer questions and offer guided
tours, if desired
Posters and pamphlets available when volunteers are on duty
'Feed the Fish' fish food dispensers" From: (visit link)

I have uploaded a short video of the fish being fed by a young child. (visit link)
Cost to feed the animals: Not listed

Types of Animals: In Captivity

Price of Admission (if any): Not listed

Location:
22605 County Rd 287 Nathrop, CO 81236 (719) 395-2378


Operating Season and Hours:
8 am to 4 pm, year round


Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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