Colorado National Monument
About Colorado National Monument
Colorado National Monument is a National Park Service unit near the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Sheer-walled canyons cut deep into sandstone and granite–gneiss–schist rock formations.
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Rim Rock Drive, Colorado National Monument, CO
Sheer red sandstone canyons and Independence Monument, a free-standing rock tower about 450 feet tall, seen from the 23-mile Rim Rock Drive.
Grand Junction, CO
Back north through Ridgway and Montrose, then I-70 and US-6 home.
Quality Inn Grand Junction near University, Grand Junction, CO
Your booked hotel: two queen beds, breakfast included, just off I-70 at Horizon Drive.