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Grand Junction/Palisade, Colorado
Colorado National Monument, Colorado

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The city of Grand Junction was named after the Colorado River in 1882, back when the river was called the "Grand River" (The "Colorado River" only held that name outside of Colorado before 1921, and was renamed by the goverment at that time.). The "junction" part of the name comes from and refers to the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers in the city.

As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 65,560. Grand Junction is the most populous city on the Colorado Western Slope and is the home of the Colorado National Monument, located close to the city. The monument boasts canyons as deep as 500 feet and rock monoliths as tall as 450 feet. The main road inside the park is the 23-mile-long Rim Rock Drive. There are three tunnels along it's route, the longest is 530 feet long. 

Palisade is a town in Mesa County, Colorado and is part of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,692 at the 2010 census. The community was named for the cliffs near the town.

Colorado National Monument is located near the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. An area of desert land high on the Colorado Plateau, with pinyon and juniper forests on the plateau. It contains walled canyons cut deep into 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.

- First cams from Grand Junction -

1.1 miles E of Horizon Dr in Grand Junction: Looking East (CDOT Cam) Grand Junction - 29 Road Overpass N (from the City of Grand Junction)

- Next cam from the Colorado National Monument -   The Colorado National Monument is located just to the west of Grand Junction (from www.nps.gov/colm/index.htm)

- Next cams from Palisade, CO -

Palisade - northeast of Grand Junction, I-70 looking east
(from the CDOT)

Palisade - northeast of Grand Junction, I-70 looking west
(from the CDOT)

Beaver Tail Tunnel (I-70 eastbound)
(from the CDOT)

         
I-70 EB at Loma Port of Entry: Looking West
(from the CDOT)

 - Next 2 cams  is from the Colorado/Utah border -

I-70 at the Colorado/Utah border, to the west of Grand Junction

I-70 at the Colorado/Utah border, to the west of Grand Junction

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