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Show National and State Parks and Monuments and National Forests in the Colorado River Basin Type of area and name WYOMING National Forests: Bridger Medicine Bow COLORADO National Parks: Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain National Monuments: Black Canyon of the Gunnison Colorado Dinosaur Holy Cross __ Hovenweep . Yucca House National Forests: Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison _ Montezuma _ Routt San Juan Uncompahgre White River _ UTAH National Parks: Bryce Canyon Zion National Monuments: Arches Capitol Reef Cedar Breaks Natural Bridges . Rainbow Bridge Zion Acreage1 1,699,098 1,064,706 51,018 252,626 13,176 18,121 2190,798 1,392 3 299 10 971,879 652,681 1,472,327 757,371 997,627 1,248,860 788,309 1,984,603 36,010 94,241 33,770 33,069 6,052 2,650 160 33,921 Outstanding characteristics Impressive high mountain scenery of the Wind River Range. Beautiful natural lakes and streams. Developed camp and picnic areas; several winter sports areas in the Snowy Range; excellent hunting and fishing; saddle- pack trips; impressive scenery. Most notable and best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings and other structures in the United States. One of the most magnificent and diversified sections of the Rocky Mountains, with 65 named peaks in excess of 10,000 feet. Remarkable deep narrow canyon with sheer rocks of great geologic interest so altered through compression and lava intrusion that their origin is in doubt. Sheer- walled canyons, towering monoliths, and weird formations hewed by erosion in sandstone. Nation's richest fossil quarries containing skeletal remains of giant reptiles and other creatures of remote geologic time, preserved in excellent condition. Two crevices on side of Mount of Holy Cross, which, when filled with snow, form a cross. Four groups of remarkable prehistoric towers, pueblos, and cliff dwellings. Remnants of once thriving prehistoric Indian Village. Scenic Gore Mountains: Gore Range- Eagle Nest Wild Area; winter sports area; glaciers, mineral springs; big and small game; trout streams. Grand Mesa Plateau- 34,000 acres more than 10,500 feet high. Two hundred and fifty lakes and reservoirs. Cliffs, canyons, and waterfalls. Numerous peaks more than 12,000 feet high. Many miles of trout streams. Storm Ridge Wilderness Area and Maroon Bells- Snowmass Wilderness Area, Gothic Natural Area. High scenic drives. Mount Wilson, 14,250 feet. Lakes, canyons, waterfalls, and peculiar geologic formations. Virgin ponderosa pine. Narraguinnep Canyon Natural Area. Wilson Mountains Wild Area. Trout streams and big game. High mountain country with trout streams and alpine lakes. Mount Zirkle- Dome Peak Wild Area. Winter sports area. Several peaks more than 14,000 feet high. Picturesque canyons and alpine lakes. Historic mines. San Juan Wilderness Area. Trout streams and big game. Numerous peaks in excess of 13,000 feet. Uncompahgre Plateau. Gold mines. Uncompahgre Wild Area. Ouray Scenic Area. Spectacular Glenwood Canyon. Mineral hot springs, caves, lakes, and trout streams. Flat Tops Wilderness Area. Rocks among the most colorful of any of the earth's crust, exposed on the side of a plateau and shaped by erosion into pinnacles and grotesque forms. Multicolored gorge in heart of southern Utah's dramatic desert and canyon country; erosional formations of great height and spectacular carving. Extraordinary examples of erosion in the form of giant arches, windows, pinnacles, and pedestals. Twenty- mile- long buttressed sandstone cliff of Gothic appearance, with dome- shaped white formations superimposed on lower colorful strata. Great amphitheater eroded into the vividly colored Pink Cliffs formation which here has a depth of 2,000 feet. Three natural bridges carved out of sandstone; the highest is 222 feet above the stream bed, with span of 261 feet. Greatest of the world's known natural bridges; a symmetrical arch of salmon pink sandstone, curving in form of a rainbow; rises 309 feet from bottom of gorge. Contains colorful Kolob Canyon and famous Hurricane Fault, notable examples of geologic phenomena. Footnotes at end of table. 217 |
