Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§192b–3 Acquisition of lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXI— - ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK › § 192b–3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may accept donated land or money, buy land with federal funds, or otherwise get property as he decides to build an eastern approach to the park. The area is in the Sixth Principal Meridian, Township 5 North, Range 73 West, and includes certain parts of Sections 27, 34, and 35 (some parts are south of the current Highdrive Road right‑of‑way and some are north and west of the left bank of the Big Thompson River), totaling about 145 acres. It also includes a strip along the Thompson River up to an average of 500 feet wide for about 1.6 miles from near the center of Section 25 to that 145‑acre tract.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §192b–3

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands and interests in lands by donation or with donated funds, by purchase with Federal funds, or otherwise, in his discretion, for development of an appropriate eastern approach to the park, described as follows: sixth principal meridian Township 5 north, range 73 west; those parts of the following subdivisions lying south of the south boundary of the present Highdrive Road right-of-way: section 27, east half southwest quarter, and south half southeast quarter; section 34, northeast quarter northeast quarter; section 35, west half northwest quarter northwest quarter; those parts of the following subdivisions lying north and west of the left bank of the Big Thompson River: section 34, north half southeast quarter northeast quarter; section 35, southwest quarter northwest quarter comprising approximately one hundred and forty-five acres; and a strip of land, not to exceed an average of five hundred feet in width, generally paralleling the Thompson River for approximately one and six-tenths miles from near the center of section 25, township 5 north, range 73 west, to the one hundred and forty-five-acre tract described elsewhere in this section.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 192b–3

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73