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If you like fossils or Native American culture or mountainous terrain, you are going to love Colorado. We’ve included the links to the National Park Service sites below for your convenience as well as some sample pictures. Enjoy!
National Parks & Preserves
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park – Montrose, CO
Visit Black Canyon of the Gunnison NPS.gov
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve – Mosca, CO
Visit Great Sand Dunes NPS.gov
Mesa Verde National Park – Mesa Verde National Park, CO
Rocky Mountain National Park – Estes Park, CO
National Historic Sites
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site – La Junta, CO
Visit Bent’s Old Fort Hist Site NPS.gov
live history event
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site – Eads, CO
Visit Sand Creek Massacre Hist Site NPS.gov
National Monuments
Colorado National Monument – Fruita, CO
Visit Colorado Ntnl Monument NPS.gov
Can you spot the “Kissing Couple” erosional rock feature?
Corkscrew Trail
Dinosaur National Monument – (CO & UT) Dinosaur, CO
Visit Dinosaur Ntnl Monument NPS.gov
human petroglyph figures at McKee Springs
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument – Florissant, CO
Visit Florissant Fossil Beds NPS.gov
Check out the flora (pant) and fauna (animal) fossils!
Hovenweep National Monument – (CO & UT) Cortez, CO
Visit Hovenweep Ntnl Monument NPS.gov
This “International Dark Sky Park” provides supernal night sky vistas for aspiring astronauts and astronomers!
Yucca House National Monument ℅ Mesa Verde NP
Visit Yucca House Ntnl Monument NPS.gov
Protected since 1919, this park preserves a largely unexcavated Puebloan history and natural landscape.
National Recreation Areas
Curecanti National Recreation Area – Gunnison, CO
Visit Curecanti Ntnl Rec Area NPS.gov
Explore evidence of ancient human history while camping, swimming, boating, and hiking.
Old Highway 50 Beach 4
Dillon Pinnacles rock features
