Getting to Colorado National Monument: By car

Interstate 70 runs east-west just north of town. Grand Junction is about 30 minutes east of the Utah border and 4 hours west of Denver. US 50 runs north-south beginning in downtown, running south to Delta and Montrose, then turning east towards Gunnison and Pueblo. Read More »

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San Miguel County, Colorado

Slick Rock Bridge, 115 km (71 miles)

Ridges in Mesa County, Colorado

Squaw Fingers, 3 km (2 miles)
Dominguez Ridge, 46 km (28 miles)

Rocks in Mesa County, Colorado

Coke Ovens, 4 km (2 miles)
Balanced Rock, 7 km (5 miles)

Mesa County, Colorado

East Entrance Colorado National Monument, 5 km (3 miles)
Star Community Center, 14 km (9 miles)
Elmwood Cemetery, 14 km (9 miles)
Flume Creek Canyon, 14 km (9 miles)
Miracle Rock Picnic Ground, 18 km (11 miles)
Miracle Rock, 18 km (11 miles)
Enterprise Community Center, 19 km (12 miles)
The Falls Campground, 20 km (12 miles)
Mica View Mine, 27 km (17 miles)
Mesa Mine, 31 km (19 miles)
Farmers Mine, 32 km (20 miles)
Farmer Coal Mine, 32 km (20 miles)
Coal Gulch Coal Mine, 34 km (21 miles)
Tenderfoot Group Mine, 47 km (29 miles)
Tenderfoot Camp, 48 km (30 miles)
Sunspot Mine, 49 km (31 miles)
Mammoth Mine, 49 km (31 miles)
Sunspot Mine, 49 km (31 miles)
Maverick Mine, 49 km (31 miles)
Spring Mine, 50 km (31 miles)
Maverick Mines, 51 km (32 miles)
Cliffdweller Mines, 53 km (33 miles)
Lost Indian Mine, 54 km (33 miles)
Nielson Mine, 55 km (34 miles)
Lumsden Mine, 55 km (34 miles)
Mother Dee Mine, 55 km (34 miles)
Lost Dutchman Mine, 56 km (35 miles)
Locust Mine, 56 km (35 miles)
Teepee Pole Mine, 56 km (35 miles)
Mark Mine, 56 km (35 miles)
Elizabeth Mines, 57 km (35 miles)
Supply Eleven Mine, 57 km (35 miles)
Lucky Day Mine, 57 km (35 miles)
Little Maverick Mines, 57 km (36 miles)
The Duke Mine, 58 km (36 miles)
Stormy Treasure Mine, 58 km (36 miles)
Copper Rivet Mine, 63 km (39 miles)

Valleys in Mesa County, Colorado

East Entrance Monument Canyon, 5 km (3 miles)
Lizard Canyon, 7 km (5 miles)
Miller Canyon, 9 km (5 miles)
Thompson Ditch Draw, 9 km (6 miles)
East Fork Pollock Canyon, 12 km (7 miles)
Frank Moore Canyon, 21 km (13 miles)
Dry Gulch, 23 km (14 miles)
Mee Canyon, 26 km (16 miles)
McKenzie Canyon, 27 km (17 miles)
Middle Canyon, 27 km (17 miles)
Mayflower Gulch, 31 km (19 miles)
North Fork Bear Canyon, 36 km (22 miles)
Middle Fork Bear Canyon, 36 km (22 miles)
Lumsden Canyon, 49 km (30 miles)
Cave Canyon, 51 km (32 miles)
Cottonwood Canyon, 54 km (34 miles)
Long Canyon, 55 km (34 miles)
Little Maverick Canyon, 57 km (35 miles)
Maverick Canyon, 58 km (36 miles)
Moon Canyon, 64 km (40 miles)

Plains in Mesa County, Colorado

Little Park, 8 km (5 miles)
Fish Park, 31 km (19 miles)

Benches in Mesa County, Colorado

Clarks Bench, 12 km (8 miles)
Massey Bench, 44 km (27 miles)
Franks Bench, 50 km (31 miles)

Springs in Mesa County, Colorado

McGinley Spring, 25 km (16 miles)
Dolores Point Spring, 51 km (32 miles)

Streams in Mesa County, Colorado

East Salt Creek, 27 km (17 miles)
Little Dolores River, 29 km (18 miles)
McDonald Creek, 30 km (19 miles)
Fall Creek, 30 km (19 miles)
Fish Creek, 34 km (21 miles)
Little Creek, 35 km (22 miles)
La Fair Creek, 36 km (23 miles)
Cow Creek, 48 km (30 miles)
Barklay Creek, 49 km (30 miles)
Mailbox Branch Blue Creek, 49 km (30 miles)
Massey Branch, 49 km (31 miles)

Schools in Mesa County, Colorado

Coates Creek School, 27 km (17 miles)

Reservoirs in Mesa County, Colorado

Mack Mesa Lake, 29 km (18 miles)
Craig Reservoir Number 1, 31 km (19 miles)

Streams in Garfield, Colorado

Dry Canyon Wash, 31 km (19 miles)
Barrel Spring Creek, 51 km (32 miles)
East Branch West Salt Creek, 61 km (38 miles)
Little Water, 64 km (40 miles)
Little Whiskey Creek, 73 km (45 miles)

Valleys in Garfield, Colorado

Stove Canyon, 36 km (22 miles)
Long Canyon, 51 km (32 miles)
Coal Canyon, 53 km (33 miles)
Compton Canyon, 55 km (34 miles)
Edd Canyon, 57 km (35 miles)
East Fork Sawmill Gulch, 65 km (40 miles)
Middle Fork Sawmill Gulch, 65 km (40 miles)

Garfield, Colorado

Stove Canyon Mine, 36 km (22 miles)

Depressions in Mesa County, Colorado

Lost Horse Basin, 37 km (23 miles)

Lakes in Mesa County, Colorado

Far Pond, 38 km (23 miles)
Middle Pond, 38 km (24 miles)

Gaps in Garfield, Colorado

Douglas Pass, 61 km (38 miles)
Baxter Pass, 63 km (39 miles)

Springs in Garfield, Colorado

Columbine Spring, 65 km (41 miles)
Lone Spring, 68 km (42 miles)

Montrose County, Colorado

Eulla Belle Mine, 65 km (41 miles)
Sunbeam Group Mines, 67 km (42 miles)
Long Shot Mine, 69 km (43 miles)
Mesa Two Mine, 69 km (43 miles)
Bauer Mine, 70 km (44 miles)
Three Musketeers Mine, 71 km (44 miles)
Foster Mine, 71 km (44 miles)
Farmer Girl Mine, 72 km (45 miles)
Lone Pine Mine, 72 km (45 miles)
Dolores Mines, 73 km (46 miles)
Little Fawn Mine, 73 km (46 miles)
Eclipse Mine, 74 km (46 miles)
Fox Mine, 74 km (46 miles)
Dolores Mine, 74 km (46 miles)

Ridges in Garfield, Colorado

Lone Spring Ridge, 66 km (41 miles)

Reservoirs in Garfield, Colorado

Baxter Reservoir, 68 km (42 miles)

Lakes in Garfield, Colorado

McAndrews Lake, 68 km (42 miles)

Streams in Montrose County, Colorado

East Mesa Creek, 68 km (42 miles)
Dry Fork Mesa Creek, 68 km (42 miles)
Mesa Creek, 70 km (43 miles)

Streams in Rio Blanco County, Colorado

East Branch West Creek, 68 km (42 miles)
Little Foundation Creek, 70 km (43 miles)

Reservoirs in Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Mark Reservoir Number 1, 71 km (44 miles)

Valleys in Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Chain Canyon, 71 km (44 miles)
Middle Fork Red Rock Canyon, 73 km (45 miles)

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Bies'kenjar'ga in Karasjok, Finnmark Fylke, Norway
Big Branch, a stream in Dorchester County, South Carolina
Cedar Township in Buffalo County, Nebraska
Chhota Prannath in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh
Durakovic in Komuna e Skenderajt, Kosovo
Ekanem, a stream in South-West Region, Cameroon
El Cantor, a house in Provincia de Formosa, Argentina
Glossopteris, Mount, a mountain in Antarctica
Gober (historical) in Reynolds County, Missouri
Gospel Mission, a church in Teton County, Montana
Kecamatan Balongan in West Java, Indonesia
Keg Creek Post Office (historical), a post office in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Kotāgai Kandao, a pass in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Lac Neal, a lake in Quebec
Lago Manvune, a lake in Provincia de Inhambane, Mozambique
Little Bethel Church, a church in Peach County, Georgia

Malo Selo in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mauwamba Bokola in Mchinji District, Central Region, Malawi
Maverick Mesa, a bench in Grant County, New Mexico
Mianah Koh Khwar, an intermittent stream in Wilayat-e Wardak, Afghanistan
Mir Kola in Ostan-e Mazandaran, Iran
Ojheli in Kolbung, Ilam, Mechi Zone, Eastern Region, Nepal
P'ungdok-chi, a reservoir in North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Quebrada Judas, a stream in Departamento de Ancash, Peru
Raygah in Wilayat-e Herat, Afghanistan
Salu Raira, a stream in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Sha`ib Umm Irta, a wadi in Mintaqat al Qasim, Saudi Arabia
Sumino in Kostromskaya Oblast', Russia
Uduk Usung in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Verkhnyaya Bereya in Amurskaya Oblast', Russia
Wadi as Sa`di, a wadi in Libya

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