Cameo Shooting and Education Complex explained

Cameo Shooting and Education Complex
Map:USA Colorado
Location:Colorado, United States
Nearest City:Grand Junction
Nearest Town:Palisade
Elevation:4787feet
Established:2018
Named For:Cameo, Colorado
Governing Body:Colorado Parks and Wildlife

The Cameo Shooting and Education Complex is a public shooting and archery range near Palisade, Colorado owned and managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). The complex is listed as one of Colorado's 43 state parks in CPW's 2023 publication Your guide to Colorado's state parks.[1] The complex hosts shooting and archery competitions.

Facilities

The facilities include multiple 50to ranges for firearms and bows and arrows, shooting bays, an action shooting pavilion, 10to archery bays, picnic grounds, long-range precision steel targets that go out to 2000yd, and two sporting clay courses.[2]

History

The complex was first opened in August 2018 with support from the State of Colorado, the town of Palisade, and others. The land the complex occupies formerly housed a coal mine and a coal-fired power plant, both of which were decommissioned early in the 21st century.[3] [4]

The complex takes its name from the extinct town of Cameo, Colorado which was located at the site.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Your guide to Colorado's state parks . Colorado Parks and Wildlife . 2023 . September 15, 2023 . October 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231008222234/https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/RulesRegs/Brochure/ParksBrochure.pdf . live .
  2. Web site: Cameo Shooting and Education Complex . . n.d. . Colorado Parks and Wildlife . September 15, 2023 . August 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230810160455/https://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/cameo-shooting-complex.aspx . live .
  3. Web site: Cameo Shooting and Education Complex . . 2023 . Cameo Shooting and Education Complex . September 15, 2023 . October 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024011505/https://cameosec.org/ . live .
  4. Web site: History . . 2023 . Cameo Shooting and Education Complex . September 15, 2023 . October 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231024011505/https://cameosec.org/history/ . live .
  5. 174435 . Cameo . October 13, 1978. September 15, 2023.