Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§192b–3 Acquisition of Lands

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may get land or land rights by gift, with donated money, by purchase using Federal funds, or by other means to build an eastern approach to the park. The land is in the Sixth Principal Meridian, Township 5 North, Range 73 West. It includes parts of Sections 27, 34, and 35 totaling approximately one hundred and forty‑five acres, plus a strip along the Thompson River not to exceed an average of five hundred feet in width and running for one and six‑tenths miles from near the center of Section 25 to that tract.

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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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60