Grand Junction Official Visitor Guide - Grand Junction Official Visitor Guide
Expand Your Horizon
2025-12-26 06:30:34
EXPAND YOUR HORIZON
With Grand Junction as your home base, take your daytime explorations farther afield to surrounding towns - it’s time to broaden your horizon!
MORNING:
Fuel up with a fried pie and a fresh donut from Kokopelli Farm Market before heading up to the breathtaking Grand Mesa, just 45 minutes from Grand Junction, for a guided experience from Pali-Tours. If you’re looking to bring a small snack along, grab a picnic charcuterie box from Taste of Palisade and pick one of the 300 alpine lakes to lounge by.
AFTERNOON
After your 11,000-foot adventure, descend back down the mountain to Clark & Co’s Distilling for moonshine and riverside views while munching on a Brandy Shack Burger. Finish polishing off a jar of moonshine before taking a horse-drawn carriage with JR’s Carriage Service to tour the local orchards like Clark Family Orchards, Peachfork Orchards & Vineyard, and Z’s Orchard.
Along the way, stop at one of the local wineries and tasting rooms to sip on some delightful vino. Vines 79, Sauvage Spectrum, Grande River Vineyards, The Ordinary Fellow, and The Blue Beryl Winery are all worth hitching the horses at.
EVENING:
Play some frisbee golf at the disc golf course or toss a line in the stocked trout pond at Riverbend Park before heading over to Peach Street Distillers. Try one of their famous Bloody Mary’s infused with spiced vodka paired with a Smoked Pastrami or Italian Grinder.
Finish the night in the Old West at the iconic Rimrock Rodeo, where local cowpokes compete in events like barrel racing, bull riding, calf roping, mutton bustin’ and more (7 pm on Tuesday evenings, June–August).
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