McPhee Reservoir
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McPhee Reservoir is located in Montezuma County, and is the second largest artificial body of water in Colorado. It was constructed and is operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Dolores Project, and dams the Dolores River to furnish irrigation water for Montezuma and Dolores counties and the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation.
The lake itself may be accessed from near Dolores, Colorado by CO-145 and CO-184, and offers various boat-launching facilities, picnic areas, and campgrounds in the McPhee Recreation Area operated by the US Forest Service. The lake fills the lower end of the Dolores Valley, with the dam completed in 1985 across the Dolores Canyon.
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