The Middle Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long,[2] located in central Colorado in the United States.

The river rises in northwestern Park County, at the continental divide along the north side of Mount Lincoln, just west of Hoosier Pass.

It descends to the southeast in a narrow valley along State Highway 9 past Alma, emerging into the northwest end of South Park at Fairplay, which sits on a bluff on the east side of the river.

The river was a significant source of placer gold during the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859, leading to the first large influx of white settlers into South Platte, previously inhabited principally by the Ute people.

The river bed near Fairplay continued to be a productive gold source for many decades and was the location of mining and milling operations up through the middle 20th century.