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THINGS TO DO
Beyond the park next door, don't miss the exciting adventures and day trips just a little farther down the road!
Click here to see all the park activities and attractions waiting for you and your guests. You'll also find more background, photos, history, and links to the park's Web site.
To do in Grand Junction:
Downtown is only 15 minutes from our home. Greater Grand Junction offers entertaining attractions such as vineyards, festivals, museums, rodeos and more. All have a charm unique to western Colorado.
The city's Web site covers it all; look for the helpful planning calendar of current and upcoming local events.
This is Colorado wine country! Grand Junction hosts the popular Colorado Mountain Winefest every September. It also hosts Country Jam in June, and Rock Jam in September.
Adventures within 15 miles:
Raft, hike, bike, golf, dine and shop in the Grand Valley! Lake fishing is up the hill from the ranch, river fishing is below (the Colorado and Gunnison rivers meet in Grand Junction). Hunting, desert dune buggies, ATV trails, plentiful biking and hiking trails are nearby, as is snowmobiling in winter.
More links:
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Local hunter/outfitter
Grand Junction wedding locations and services
Downtown is only 15 minutes from our home. Greater Grand Junction offers entertaining attractions such as vineyards, festivals, museums, rodeos and more. All have a charm unique to western Colorado.
The city's Web site covers it all; look for the helpful planning calendar of current and upcoming local events.
This is Colorado wine country! Grand Junction hosts the popular Colorado Mountain Winefest every September. It also hosts Country Jam in June, and Rock Jam in September.
Adventures within 15 miles:
Raft, hike, bike, golf, dine and shop in the Grand Valley! Lake fishing is up the hill from the ranch, river fishing is below (the Colorado and Gunnison rivers meet in Grand Junction). Hunting, desert dune buggies, ATV trails, plentiful biking and hiking trails are nearby, as is snowmobiling in winter.
More links:
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Local hunter/outfitter
Grand Junction wedding locations and services
Within one-hour:
Rafting Wineries Rodeos
Palisade Famous for summer peaches – vineyards, orchards, annual peach festival
Fruita Has a large trail system, accessible by traveling through Colorado National Monument
Grand Mesa Skiing at Powderhorn; Grand Mesa, with 300+ lakes, is one of the world's largest flattop mountains
Within three hours:
Moab Scenic Utah attraction
Telluride
Glenwood Springs Hot springs
Aspen
Gunnison
Ouray
Arches National Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Dominguez/Escalante Canyon New wilderness area (90 minutes)
Rafting Wineries Rodeos
Palisade Famous for summer peaches – vineyards, orchards, annual peach festival
Fruita Has a large trail system, accessible by traveling through Colorado National Monument
Grand Mesa Skiing at Powderhorn; Grand Mesa, with 300+ lakes, is one of the world's largest flattop mountains
Within three hours:
Moab Scenic Utah attraction
Telluride
Glenwood Springs Hot springs
Aspen
Gunnison
Ouray
Arches National Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Dominguez/Escalante Canyon New wilderness area (90 minutes)
Day trip! The hot springs of Glenwood Springs are less than two hours away.