Colorado National Monument is a part of the U.S. National Park Service near the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, in the western part of the state. It features mountainous terrain and varied vegetation. Its feature attraction is Monument Canyon, which runs the length of the park. A U.S. National Monument is a protected area of the United States that is similar to a national park (specifically a U.S. National Park) except that the President of the United States can quickly declare an area of the United States to be a national monument without Congressional... This is the article on the state. ... City lights from space. ... Fruita is a city located in Mesa County, Colorado. ... This is the article on the state. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States Federal Government agency that deals with all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation properties with various designations. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States government agency that deals with U.S. National Parks and U.S. National Monuments. ... Grand Junction is a city located in Mesa County, Colorado. ...

Named after the river and not the state, the monument area is rather small yet quite geologically varied.

Monument Canyon

Download high resolution version (1504x1000, 363 KB)Monument Canyon as seen from Window Rock in Colorado N.M., CO, USA. Photo taken by user Lorax and released under the GNU FDL Visible in this photo are Independence Monument, the large monolith on the right. ... Download high resolution version (1504x1000, 363 KB)Monument Canyon as seen from Window Rock in Colorado N.M., CO, USA. Photo taken by user Lorax and released under the GNU FDL Visible in this photo are Independence Monument, the large monolith on the right. ...

External links

• Official National Parks Service site
• Colorado National Monument - National Parks Gallery