Large detailed map of colorado with cities and roads. The book cliffs are one of the most recognizable landforms in western colorado and eastern utah. On tuesday i decided to try driving from i70 north through the book cliffs to state highway 40, which crosses utah from salt lake city to vernal. The agency manages 42 state parks, all of colorados wildlife, more than 300 state wildlife areas and a host of recreational programs. Main canyon, coal canyon, cottonwood canyon and spring canyon. While roan cliffs are remote and inaccessible, the book cliffs run along the edge of the castle, gunnison, and grand valleys and are therefore readily visible from populated areas i. Based on genetic analysis, the herds highest similarity is to iberian spanish breeds, followed by gaited breeds, north american breeds and arabian breeds. Best trails in book cliffs recreation area utah alltrails. Little book cliffs wild horse area hma bureau of land management. The book cliffs are one of the worlds best places to study sequence stratigraphy. The drive would be lonely but for a constant companion. Still, by process of elimination, we figured out which road was the book cliffs ridge road. These colorado cliffs look like books on a shelf outthere. From grand junction take i70 east to the cameo exit.
The tellerico trail is located in the little book cliffs wild horse range north of grand junction, colorado. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah. Millions of years of the planets evolution are recorded in layer after layer of distinctive geological strata, which are remarkably free from the folding and other distortions that scramble the record elsewhere. States contact us national office alaska arizona california. Every month youll receive updates on colorado events, vacation ideas, travel offers, and more. Use these maps to navigate to and within the utah hunt map unit. They are so named because the cliffs of cretaceous sandstone that cap many of the southfacing buttes appear similar to a shelf of books. Stretching 200 miles from grand junction, colorado to central utah, the book cliffs are the worlds largest continuous escarpment. Includes private land, private land within the cwmu program, national forest, blm, and federal lands with trails and roads. Incredible whitewater rafting on the colorado river. The purpose of this web page is to explain what types of minerals can be found in colorado. The ranch is located in colorado s unit 21 and just across the border is utah.
Excludes book cliffs, little creek roadless unit as follows. The elevations listed above are a little deceiving. Directions there are two routes to access the little bookcliffs wsa. Welcome to the web page that reflects on some of my rockhounding journeys in the great state of colorado, usa. Between price, utah and grand junction, colorado, highway 6 and interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. Although remote, youll find a trip to the cliffs will provide a wide array of outdoor activities. The actual cliff part of the book cliffs largely lie at the edge of the tavaputs plateau.
Explore colorado s herd management areas using the links on the right. Rarely will you find a property for sale in such a unique hunting and recreational location as this one. Each offers outstanding recreation and sightseeing. Best trails in little book cliffs wilderness study area. The book cliffs are an enormous area that spans two states. The uintah and ouray indian reservation is on the west side of the bookcliffs.
The book cliffs are a long series of desert mountains mostly made of sandstone which lie in western colorado and eastern utah. Instead, they used some number that didnt appear on any of the maps we had. We weaved our way around and were soon on the dirt road headed toward book. The book cliffs have been displaced considerably from the valley bottom, but in comparison to the colorado plateau uplift, the book cliff uplift was minimal. And with the exception of a few privately held parcels of land, almost 96% of the 2. Aweinspiring natural beauty and the dramatic red rock landscape of the colorado national monument. Geological evolution of the colorado plateau of eastern. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states britannica. Beginning in the floor of the valley the trail follows a route that leads to the top of the little books cliffs near corcoran point.
Book cliffs utah elk hunting unit map with land ownership get this map description. Book cliffs bulls and bucks west boundary is on the utah colorado border. The book cliffs have preserved excellent strata of the foreland basin of the ancient western interior seaway that stretched north from the gulf of mexico to the yukon in the cretaceous time. The book cliffs are a range of eroding, steepsloping cliffs, also called escarpments. The agency manages 42 state parks, all of colorado s wildlife, more than 300 state wildlife areas and a host of recreational programs. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan plateaus, ending near grand junction, colorado. Winding for 250 miles across utah and colorado, it is the longest continuous escarpment in the world. Use the newsletter to help plan for upcoming trips or as an inspiration for trips you haven. It is a city with a councilmanager government form that is the county seat and the most populous city of mesa county, colorado, united states. The entirety of co 9 was built during the 1920s and it can be seen on this 1938 colorado state highway map.
Purchase merchandise, topos, maps, books and public lands items. Legend bookcliff lake red rocks lake colorado rive r i70 f road d road b. In the 1980s, exxon scientists used the cretaceous strata of the book cliffs to develop the science of sequence stratigraphy. Book cliffs, little creek roadless grand countyboundary begins at steer ridge road and ten mile knoll. Book cliffs to colorado springs 5 ways to travel via train. Rome2rio makes travelling from book cliffs to colorado springs easy. These four larger systems are also accompanied by many smaller side canyons. Digging into the pocket of a nodule in the book cliffs area, working hard trying not to damage any crystals. The biggest problem i had was that my 50 page utah map marked nonpaved roads with dashes and the dashes, as they intersected at odd angles, made the map s roads tough to read. Maps for the region book cliffs wildlife management unit. The last few state record bulls have come out of the book cliffs. The escarpment that rises to the south of grand junction and creates the landscape of the colorado national monument part of the uncompahgre uplift, which is part of the colorado plateau is created by a fault line running east and west at the northern edge of that. Cost per participant includes five nights single occupancy accommodation, suv field transportrentalinsurancegas, continental breakfast, sack lunches, field snackswater, core viewingexercise.
Part of the southern edge of this wsa is dominated by the 2,000foothigh face of the book cliffs. The 1971 wild and freeroaming horse and burro act provides for the management, protection, and control of all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands administered by the blm. Best trails in little book cliffs wilderness study area colorado. The colorado plateau is one of the earths most strikingly beautiful geological provinces and one of the most enigmatic. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah, in the western united states. A guide to the state s best rockhounding sites rockhounding series kappele, william a. Grand junction is situated 247 miles 398 km westsouthwest of the colorado state capitol in denver.
The viewing platform is right in front of a small pulloff parking area for the book cliffs view. Information, maps, permits, and guidebooks for planning adventures at western parks, forests, refuges and wildlife areas, historic sites, wilderness areas, lakes and. Mountains or prairies, rivers or forests, out in the country or next to the city colorado s 41 state parks are as diverse as the state itself, and they offer something for. The book cliffs view shelter offers one of the most breathtaking views the colorado national monument has to offer. I offer proprietary companyspecific book cliffs geological field trips. The little book cliffs wild horse area grand junction. This is a great place to hike, especially in the spring and fall when the weather is mild and the horses are readily seen. Just eight miles northeast of grand junction, the little book cliffs wild horse area encompasses more than 36,000 acres of rugged canyons and plateaus. The city of grand junction is the largest city in western colorado.
These 5 to 7 day trips are available on a firstcome, firstserved basis. Colorado federal lands blm, national parks, monuments. For about 200 miles this escarpment extends from where the colorado river descends south through debeque to price canyon near price, utah. The altitude ranges from around 8000 feet to 4500 feet, the differing altitude providing a variety of colors and smells. Baryte and calcite found in concretions ranging from a half an inch to over 6 feet with some concretions in a linear configuration, up to the size of a sedansaloon. Drop pins to mark your secret spots, create gps navigation routes, add photos to each of your marked locations for reference and mark your kill spots to return to when successful and packing out. Little book cliffs wilderness study area has 17 trails in the vicinity, including 16 hiking trails, for trail running and 14 for other activities. Book cliffs recreation area bureau of land management. Theyre usually open to the public year round, sometimes for free, sometimes for a fee.
If youre looking for a more detailed map or aerial photo of a portion of this gmu you can also build a custom map for book cliffs. He states unequivocally, fortunately the geological structure is so simple that a. The latest information about covid19 impacts to blm colorado offices and. Colorado herd management areas bureau of land management. A group of wild horses in the little bookcliffs wild horse area. With two spectacular national parks, a handful of scenic byways and more lakes and rivers than any other part of the state, this rugged region truly suits adventurers longing to hike 14,000foot peaks, raft down. Both southern uintah county and northern grand county are included. Route 24, route 34, route 36, route 40, route 50, route 84, route 85, route 8, route 160, route 285, route 287, route 350, route 385, route 491 and route 550. The jagged san juan mountains are a haven for outdoor recreation, surrounding towns like telluride, durango and montrose, which all played a role in the state s mining history. The little book cliffs of this landscape drawing are nothing more than the far eastern. Cretaceous and tertiary formations of the book cliffs carbon. Use our interactive maps to find public lands sites, information, books and maps. Information, maps, permits, and guidebooks for planning adventures at western parks, forests, refuges and wildlife areas, historic sites, wilderness areas, lakes and reservoirs, wild rivers, and blm lands. The first geologic map and report on the book cliffs.
The nearest weather station for both precipitation and temperature measurements is green river aviation which is approximately 15 miles away and has an elevation of 4,070 feet 1,150 feet lower than book cliffs. Book cliffs to colorado springs 5 ways to travel via. Chuck hickey, one lane on both decks of i70 in glenwood canyon reopens after rock slide, kdvr, march 10, 2016. The little book cliffs wild horse area tripadvisor.
Robb colorado river state park fruita section to make camping reservations. The book cliffs is a part of the east tavaputs plateau that begins near green river, utah and extends eastward into colorado. The uintah and ouray indian reservation is on the west side of the book cliffs. Cpw issues hunting and fishing licenses, conducts research to improve wildlife management activities, protects high priority wildlife. Colorado parks and wildlife is a nationally recognized leader in conservation, outdoor recreation and wildlife management. Aug 01, 2018 book cliffs elk habitat udwr assigns a value to elk habitat in the state of utah e. In the remote eastern part of the state, the 2000foot cliffs will astound you when you first see them. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states. Grand and uintah countiesboundary begins at the utahcolorado state line and the white river. Four of colorado s biggest gems are preserved in national parks. Jun 06, 2016 the little book cliffs wild horse area, grand junction.
Sand wash basin hmahorses within the hma exhibit many different colors, although the most common are gray and sorrel. Utah dwr hunt map book cliffsbitter creek south, bear. Wherever you go in colorado, theres a state park waiting to welcome you. Book cliffs view, fruita, colorado hiking trail maps. Book cliffs is a mountain in utah and has an elevation of 5220 feet.
The book cliffs extend from helper, utah to east of grand junction, colorado fig. Elk hunting unit map displaying unit boundaries, land ownership status, and cwmu hunting areas. Map includes book cliffs, several wilderness study areas west to desolation canyon, and a large section of state land bordering the east side of the uintah and ouray indian reservation. A nodule where a pocket of barite and calcite crystals may have been found, in the book cliffs area. Hundreds of miles of worldclass mountain biking trails such as the kokopelli trail. Park finder plan your next adventure at a colorado state park. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. Their club is a 501 c 3 organization the is open to membership and actively seeks new members and.
Planning your colorado vacation is even easier with a free official state vacation guide, packed with stunning photography, itineraries and other trip ideas. The sand wash basin hma is in northwest colorado, about 45 miles west of craig. Emphasis will be focused on crystalized specimens, although noncrystalized specimens will be mentioned. The name of the range comes from the cliffs of cretaceous sandstones which cap many south facing buttes that appear similar to a shelf of books. The longest trail in little book cliffs wilderness study area is ute a wellknown trail measuring 11. Find all the transport options for your trip from book cliffs to colorado springs right here. The shelter is often used for small wedding ceremonies and also for ranger programs. The selected hunt map boundary is layered with both blm and forest service shading. Book cliffs, geological feature of eastcentral utah and western colorado, u. View grand junctions wild horses visit grand junction. The book cliffs are these incredible sand and stone cliffs rising on the north side of the grand valley, north of grand junction. The colorado plateau in the area of the colorado national monument has been raised an additional 6,700 feet higher than the book cliffs across the valley.
The area begins about 50 air miles south of vernal, utah and extends south to the book cliffs divide. Federal lands preserve and promote around a third of colorado s land. It begins about 50 air miles south of vernal, utah and extends south to the book cliffs divide. Learn more about wild horse gathers and removal actions in colorado. Utah dwr hunt map book cliffsnorth, buck deer map the. Johnson, 2007 rocky mountain section friends of the pleistocene field tripquaternary geology of the san luis basin of colorado and new mexico, september 79, us geological survey openfile report 20071193. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan. Exhilarating outdoor adventures including hiking, camping or skiing on the grand mesa. This geological wonder cuts through beautiful desert terrain and parallels steep canyons and raging rivers, making it a yearround destination for scenic viewing, hiking, camping and rafting below. The combined appropriate management level for all hmas in the state is 812 animals. The book cliffs area is an exceptional trophy elk and mule deer unit.
This mountain range is largely composed of sedimentary materials. Cross the colorado river and drive past the public service power plant. Book cliffs utah elk hunting unit map with land ownership. Colorado herd management areasblm colorado manages four wild horse herd management areas on approximately 400 thousand acres. Friends of the mustang is a very active and sociable group of horsemenhorsewomen who support the blm in the management of the wild horse management area on the little book cliffs. Stratigraphic cross section of measured sections and drill holes of the neslen formation and adjacent formations, book cliffs area, colorado and utah. Grand junction is situated 247 miles 398 km westsouthwest of the colorado state. The shelter was built by the civilian conservation corps ccc and is registered as an historical building. From there, we followed state highway 6 hoping to find a road called the book cliffs ridge road, which we never found because colorado didnt mark the road that way.
Stratigraphic cross section of measured sections and drill. Dike roa d business loop 23 roa d 25 roa d 1st street 12th street 32 roa 30 roa d d colorado rive r connected lakes island acres. If these spaces are full, continue north around the bend to the window rock trail parking area and use the window rock trail to connect down to the canyon rim trail. This map shows cities, towns, highways, roads, rivers, lakes, national parks, national forests, state parks and monuments in colorado.