THE GREAT OUTDOORS 141 50 Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area CO Mesa County 1, 559, 551 Acres of Public Lands IN MESA COUNTY 20,500 Acres of National Park Service Lands Colorado National Monument UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES: n Count 16 switchbacks in less GRAND MESA NATIONAL FOREST The highest peak in Mesa County is Leon Peak at 11,241 feet. Fun Fact 981,360 Acres of Bureau of Land Management Lands McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, Bangs Canyon Recreation Area, Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, Grand Junction OHV Area and more UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES: n Feast your eyes on 140-million-400,000+ Acres of National Forests than 2 miles on the original dirt road into the Monument — the Serpent’s Trail — one of 15 hiking routes in the park. mule deer, coyotes, desert bighorn sheep , bald eagles, and smaller critters like lizards, Hopi chipmunks and rock squirrels. Monument to the other on the 23-mile Rim Rock Drive, a road open to motorists and seasoned cyclists featuring out-of-this-world panoramas of sheer-walled canyons and rock sculptures. to find out how millions of years of erosion carved Rim Rock Drive’s stone tunnels or embark on a full-moon hike under a tapestry of stars. Grand Mesa and Uncompahgre National Forests UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCES: n Travel to Grand Mesa National n Keep your eyes peeled for year-old plant and dinosaur fossils in an active quarry on the 1.5-mile Trail Through Time in McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area’s Rabbit Valley. Loops or the Kokopelli Loops for single track that is coveted around the world with scenery that can’t be beat. n Pedal from one end of the Forest’s Trickle Park Reservoir area for wonderfully remote fishing and camping at Military Park and Stell reservoirs, just two of the 300 lakes on the Grand Mesa — the world’s largest flat-top mountain. wildflower views in the summer months on the 2-mile Carson Hole Trail in the Uncompahgre National Forest, about 35 miles south of Grand Junction. and pine forests on your ATV or dirtbike to enjoy gorgeous glimpses of the Dolores River Canyon on the Rim Road/Divide Forks ATV Complex in the Uncompahgre National Forest. acres of mountain terrain in the winter at Powderhorn Mountain Resort, snuggled on the Grand Mesa’s northern edge. n Take your mountain bike to Lunch n Discover kaleidoscopic n Climb mesas and ridges and n Spy on appaloosas and other breeds of wild horses as they roam rugged canyons and plateaus at the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range. n Ski or board more than 1,600 To learn more about public lands, fees and permits, please check out, VisitGrandJunction.com/Fees 26 | VISIT GRAND JUNCTION OFFICIAL VISITOR GUIDE VISIT GRAND JUNCTION. blaze your own path through a labyrinth of ATV and 4x4 trails , as well as single-track trails that dirtbikers say are too good to be true, all in the massive Grand Junction OHV Area. n Book a free ranger-guided tour n Weave through aspen groves
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