Colorado National Monument

View of Independence Monument with Grand Valley in background. Taken from Rim Rock Rock Drive.
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 plateau and canyon panorama. You can experience sheer-walled, red rock canyons along the twists and turns of Rim Rock Drive, where you may spy bighorn sheep and soaring eagles.
Map showing location of park.
Two campers have a conversation on a picnic table behind a tent at Saddlehorn Campground. 
Fire Restrictions Increase in Colorado National Monument
Colorado National Monument, along with surrounding public lands, is experiencing hazardous fire conditions with dry fuels, low humidity, and minimal precipitation.
sandstone spire hundreds of feet tall stands above sparsely vegetated canyon bottom and cliffs
Photo by NPS Photo
Two female desert bighorn sheep look to the right among rusty sandstones
Photo by NPS Photo / VIP C DeKalb
a wide sandstone monolith stands next to cliffs on a misty, cloudy day with green shrubs below
Photo by NPS Photo / N Scarborough
Rock spire with large boulder balancing on top, blue skies above, green shrubs below.
Photo by NPS Photo
lizard with turquoise body and yellow head lounges on sandstone with canyon cliffs in distance
Photo by NPS Photo / VIP C DeKalb
Silhouette of twisted juniper tree as starry clusters of Milky Way rise vertically in dark night sky
Photo by Photo Courtesy of Rick Ahern
two people stand together at canyon cliff edge pointing to tree covered hills across the canyon
Photo by NPS Photo / N Scarborough
Looking down from canyon rim at a U shaped portion of road entering and exiting the canyon
Photo by NPS Photo