• View from the Canyon Rim Trail. Photo by Jeff Kochevar

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    National Monument Colorado

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  • Rim Rock Drive is OPEN - Visitor Center is OPEN 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Rim Rock Drive is OPEN Be on the lookout for Desert Bighorn Sheep along Rim Rock Drive. There also may be minor traffic delays near the East Entrance over the coming weeks. Watch for construction flaggers on the roadway.

Transportation Scholarships

Transportation Scholarships

Thanks to generous grants from the National Park Foundation and the Grand Junction Junior Service League, Colorado National Monument has offered transportation scholarships to schools in Mesa County Valley School District 51.

Since fall 2011, 124 buses have been on scholarship, bringing 5,655 students to ranger-guided field trips at the monument.

If you are interested in being notified about future scholarship applications please
call 970-858-3617 ext. 367 or e-mail us .

 
School bus

Did You Know?

Raven

The common raven displays abilities to play and problem solve rare among animals. This member of the crow family is also very vocal, using a variety of sounds for communication. Perhaps because of these qualities, ravens have achieved a certain stature in both European and American Indian folklore.