• USDA Forest Service
• Near Gunnison, Colorado
• 15 miles point-to-point

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Delta, Colorado
• 11 miles point-to-point

Just north of Montrose in west-central Colorado lies the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (NCA), a diverse landscape ranging from adobe badlands to rugged pinyon and...

• USDA Forest Service
• Near Carbondale, Colorado
• 60 miles point-to-point

• National Park Service
• Near Gunnison, Colorado
• 23 miles point-to-point

Three reservoirs and surrounding lands make up this recreation area in western Colorado. It is a landscape of tradeoffs; natural and human made features exist together.

• USDA Forest Service
• Near Durango, Colorado
• 72 miles point-to-point

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Gunnison, Colorado
• 43 miles point-to-point

The Gunnison Area includes the very popular Hartman Rocks recreation use area just a few miles SW of Gunnison. It consists of 160 acres at the "Base Area" managed by the City...

• National Park Service
• Near Mancos, Colorado
• 101 miles point-to-point

For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of...

• National Park Service
• Near Moab, Utah
• 101 miles point-to-point

Discover a landscape of contrasting colors, land forms, and textures unlike any other. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive...

• USDA Forest Service
• Near Monte Vista, Colorado
• 108 miles point-to-point

• National Park Service
• Near Grand Junction, Colorado
• 61 miles point-to-point

Colorado National Monument preserves one of the grand landscapes of the American West. But this treasure is much more than a monument. Towering monoliths exist within a vast...

• National Park Service
• Near Moab, Utah
• 119 miles point-to-point

Canyonlands invites you to explore a wilderness of countless canyons and fantastically formed buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Rivers divide the park...

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Fruita, Colorado
• 73 miles point-to-point

McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area is one of BLM Colorado's most diverse desert recreation areas. Hikers will be stunned by the red-rock cliffs of Black Ridge Canyons...

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Loma, Colorado
• 74 miles point-to-point

Enjoy a system of world class single-track mountain biking trails accessible directly from the adjoining campsites. The trail system and associated camping provide great...

• National Park Service
• Near Crestone, Colorado
• 128 miles point-to-point

Open 24/7 year round! There are no timed entries or reservations to visit. The tallest dunes in North America are the centerpiece in a diverse landscape of grasslands,...

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near La Sal, Utah
• 78 miles point-to-point

The Utah section of the Dolores River offers technical rapids, stunning scenery, wildlife viewing, side-canyon hiking, and camping. Permits are required year-round for all...

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Cisco, Utah
• 82 miles point-to-point

Attention: Beginning in January 2020, permits for Westwater Canyon will be available via recreation.gov.

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Del Norte, Colorado
• 93 miles point-to-point

If technical rock climbing is your type of adventure, then Penitente Canyon may have what you want. The canyon is known for its nearly 300 world class technical rock climbing...

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Moab, Utah
• 97 miles point-to-point

The Sand Flats Recreation Area (SFRA) near Moab, Utah is a nationally significant public lands treasure at the heart of the Colorado Plateau. A high plain of slickrock domes,...

• Bureau of Land Management
• Near Moab, Utah
• 99 miles point-to-point

Located in the heart of the Colorado Plateau, the Moab Field Office encompasses 1.8 million acres of stunningly scenic canyon country. Carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers,...