| Page Views: 451 Last Visit to Colorado National Monument: October, 2004 | Colorado NM - Land of Plateaus & Canyons by annk - last update: Oct 25, 2004 |
Sharrie & I drove through Colorado NM on the way back to the airport in Grand Junction. The park is very nice with some outstanding vistas but paled in comparison to the dramatic landscapes and canyons of Arches & Canyonlands National Parks and Dead Horse State Park in Utah. If you intend on visiting the Canyonlands area via Colorado I'd advise stopping by Colorado NM first, not last. It will leave a much greater impact. Essentially, I was canyoned out by day 6 but happy we made the stopover. |
|  | Established as a National Monument in 1911
Park Activities: Auto Tours, Biking, Hiking, Camping, Climbing, Horse-back Riding, Wildlife Viewing
Elevation: Average 6000 feet at the rim
Wildlife inhabitants: canyon wren, mule deer, desert cottontails, ground squirrels, chipmunks, coyotes, bighorn sheep, lizards, mountain lions, rattlesnakes. |
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| Pros: | "Lots of hiking trails, canyons, vistas, close to interstate 70" | | Cons: | "Not as dramatic as Arches & Canyonlands NP's" |
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balhannah Sun Aug 10, 2008 06:41 UTC
Amazing tunnels. Great photo. We saw the Colorado National Monument from Grand Junction. | blue_sky04 Thu Jun 28, 2007 01:01 UTC
Nice page on Colorado NM. I like your photos as well. I'm thinking to visit Colorado on my next trip to US. Thank you for sharing the information! | Bwana_Brown Thu Jul 14, 2005 16:17 UTC
Some pretty impressive-looking sights here, even if you were disappointed a bit because of your trip itinerary! This whole area of the American west is somewhere I would love to spend some time! | travelgirl3 Tue Dec 7, 2004 21:00 UTC
Great photos & information on Colorado NM. You were very lucky not to get rained on, but it makes for great scenery! Thanks for sharing. |
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