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Colorado National Monument
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The Colorado National Monument is a National Park
located west of the city of Grand Junction, near the northern rim of the Uncompahgre Plateau.
This 20,500 acre (32 square miles/83 square kilometers) area encompasses six canyons, each with distinctive cliffs and sandstone monoliths.
The sheer-walled canyons cut deep into the sandstone and granite–gneiss–schist rock formations.
The park hosts a wide range of wildlife, including red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, ravens, desert bighorn sheep, and
coyotes. Nearby are the Book Cliffs and the largest flat-topped mountain in the world, the Grand Mesa. The monument's feature attraction is
Monument Canyon, which runs the width of the park.
View from the Saddlehorn Visitor Center
(from
NPS)
On most days you will see the red rock cliffs of Wedding and Monument canyons,
and in the distance, you will see the Grand Mesa.
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