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§192b Addition of Lands

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can add specific parcels of land to Rocky Mountain National Park by issuing an Executive proclamation. The Secretary of the Interior must recommend the addition, and if the land is inside a national forest, both the Interior and Agriculture Secretaries must recommend it. The lands named are given by township and range with exact sections and parts: Township 3 North, Range 75 West: sections 5 and 6. Township 4 North, Range 73 West: all of section 3 except the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, all of section 4, parts of sections 5, 9, 10, and 15 as described. Township 5 North, Range 73 West: parts of sections 17, 20, 28, 29, 32, 33, and 34 as described. Township 5 North, Range 75 West: all of sections 6, 7, and 18, and part of section 19 outside the park. Township 5 North, Range 76 West; Township 6 North, Range 75 West; and Township 6 North, Range 76 West: specific whole sections and parts of sections listed above. Any land added will follow the same laws, rules, and regulations that apply to Rocky Mountain National Park.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §192b

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The President of the United States is authorized, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, and with respect to lands located in a national forest upon the joint recommendation of the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture, to add to the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado, by Executive proclamation any or all of the following-described lands, to wit: section 5 and 6, township 3 north, range 75 west. All of section 3 except the northeast quarter northeast quarter; all of section 4; north half, north half southeast quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter section 5; north half, northwest quarter southwest quarter section 9; north half, northeast quarter southwest quarter, southeast quarter section 10; northeast quarter, north half southeast quarter section 15, in township 4 north, range 73 west. North half, southwest quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter section 17; south half southwest quarter, southwest quarter southeast quarter section 20; south half northeast quarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, south half section 28; all of section 29 except northeast quarter northeast quarter; east half section 32; all of section 33; southwest quarter northeast quarter, northwest quarter northwest quarter, south half northwest quarter, southwest quarter, west half southeast quarter, southeast quarter southeast quarter section 34, in township 5 north, range 73 west. All of section 6, 7, and 18; that portion of section 19 lying outside of park boundary, in township 5 north, range 75 west. All of section 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 24; those portions of section 3 and 10 lying east of the Continental Divide; that portion of section 15 lying east of the Continental Divide and on the eastern slope of Mount Nimbus; and that portion of section 22 lying on the eastern slope of Baker Mountain, in township 5 north, range 76 west. All of section 19, 30, and 31; that portion of section 20 lying outside of the park boundary and south of the boundary line between Larimer and Grand Counties; that part of section 17 and 18 lying south of the boundary line between Larimer and Grand Counties and the Continental Divide and that part of section 29 lying outside the park boundary, in township 6 north, range 75 west. All of section 25, 26, 35, and 36; those portions of section 13, 22, 23, 24, 27, and 34 lying east of the Continental Divide, in township 6 north, range 76 west; and all the lands added to said park pursuant hereto are made subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to and in force in the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Proc. No. 3144. Enlarging Rocky Mountain National Park Proc. No. 3144,
June 27, 1956, 21 F.R. 4783, provided: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do proclaim that the lands hereinafter described are hereby added to the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado, and shall, upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States, become subject to the provisions of the act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” approved
August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 ([former] 16 U.S.C. §§ 1–3) [see 18 U.S.C. 1865(a), 54 U.S.C. 100101(a), 100301 et seq., 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 102101], and all acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, and all other laws and

Rules and Regulations

applicable to such park: Sixth Principal Meridian T. 5 N., R. 73 W., Sec. 33, S½NE¼, SE¼SE¼, and N½SE¼; Sec. 34, N½SW¼NE¼, N½SE¼NW¼, SW¼NW¼, and NW¼SW¼. Proc. No. 3374. Enlarging Rocky Mountain National Park Proc. No. 3374, Sept. 23, 1960, 25 F.R. 9284, provided: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said act of
June 21, 1930 [this section], do proclaim that the lands hereinafter described shall be, and they are hereby, added to and reserved as a part of the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado; and such lands shall be subject to the provisions of the act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” approved
August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 ([former] 16 U.S.C. 1–3) [see 18 U.S.C. 1865(a), 54 U.S.C. 100101(a), 100301 et seq., 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 102101], and all acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, and all other laws and

Rules and Regulations

applicable to such park: Sixth Principal Meridian T. 4 N., R. 73 W., section 9, northwest quarter southwest quarter.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 192b

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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