Sage Advice
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Sage Advice
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture/textured
Description
If you are in the neighborhood, stop in and see the Colorado National Monument. It is located on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado between Grand Junction and Fruita. You won't be sorry...!
Colorado National Monument is a part of the National Park Service near the city of Grand Junction. Spectacular canyons cut deep into sandstone and even granite-gneiss-schist rock formations in some areas, this is an area of desert land high on the Colorado Plateau, with pinion and juniper forests on the plateau. The park hosts a wide range of wildlife, including red-tailed hawks and golden eagles, ravens, jays, desert bighorn sheep, and coyotes. Activities include hiking, horseback riding, road bicycling, and scenic drives; a visitor center on the west side contains a natural history museum and gift shop. There are magnificent views from trails and the Rim Rock Drive, which winds along the plateau. Nearby are the Book Cliffs, and the largest flat-topped mountain in the world, the Grand Mesa.
Its feature attraction is Monument Canyon, which runs the width of the park, and includes rock formations such as Independence Monument, the Kissing Couple, and Coke Ovens. The monument includes 20,500 acres, much of which has been recommended to Congress for designation as wilderness
Saddlehorn campground is near the Fruita visitors center along Rimrock Drive. The Book Cliffs are on the horizon. Original image made with a Canon 5D MKIII prior to the application of the textures and oil processes..
Image copyright 2013 Jon Burch Photography
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August 26th, 2013
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