BLACK CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Black Canyon at the Gunnison National Park was established in 1999 as a 300,000 acre park, is in middle Colorado, west of Denver. It has no lodging or food but does have a traditional visitor center.
It's main attraction is a deep, steep-walled gorge carved through rock by the Gunnison River. Roads and trails along the north and south rims have views of the Black Canyon's dramatic drops and the striated Painted Wall cliff. The winding East Portal Road descends to the river. Wildlife includes mule deer, elk and golden eagles.
It's main attraction is a deep, steep-walled gorge carved through rock by the Gunnison River. Roads and trails along the north and south rims have views of the Black Canyon's dramatic drops and the striated Painted Wall cliff. The winding East Portal Road descends to the river. Wildlife includes mule deer, elk and golden eagles.