Relax and take a ride as we drive through Colorado National Monument. We'll stop at several overlooks along the way including Red Canyon, Highland View, Artists Point, Grand View and Independence Monument. I really hope you all enjoy this tour as it is my first of many Scenic Drives.
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'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. This is an area of desert land high on the Colorado Plateau, with pinyon and juniper forests on the plateau. The park hosts a wide range of wildlife, including red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, ravens, jays, desert bighorn sheep, and coyotes. Activities include hiking, horseback riding, road bicycling, and scenic drives; a visitor center on the west side contains a natural history museum and gift shop. There are scenic views from trails, Rim Rock Drive, which winds along the plateau, and the campground. 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 and includes rock formations such as Independence Monument, the Kissing Couple, and Coke Ovens. The monument includes 20,500 acres (32.0 sq mi; 83 km2), much of which has been recommended to Congress for designation as wilderness.'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorad...
Official Colorado National Monument site:
www.nps.gov/colm/index.htm
Video chapters
00:00 Intro
00:47 Entrance
01:11 Monument Road
07:38 Serpents Trail Trailhead and Viewpoint
08:04 Monument Road
10:49 Rimrock Drive
16:22 Perfect Timing
16:40 Red Canyon Overlook
17:20 Rimrock Drive
30:37 Highland View Overlook
31:01 Rimrock Drive
34:17 Artists Point Overlook
34:43 Rimrock Drive
41:05 Grand View Hike/Walk and Overlook
44:11 Rimrock Drive
45:49 Independence Monument View
46:09 Rimrock Drive
01:00:41 Bonus Feature
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