National Parks - Colorado
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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Features reconstruction of original trading post built in the early 1830's that became a major trading site for Plains Indian tribes and trappers.Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
No other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling depths visible here.Colorado National Monument
Features include monoliths, sheer-walled canyons, dinosaur fossils, remains of prehistoric Indian cultures, and a variety of wildlife.Curecanti National Recreation Area
Three lakes -- Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal -- extend for 40 miles along the Gunnison River and the Black Canyon.Dinosaur National Monument
Include spectacular canyons cut by the Green and Yampa Rivers, a quarry containing fossil remains of dinosaurs, and diverse plant and animal communities.Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
A variety of fossil insects, seeds, and leaves, as well as a display of petrified sequoia stumps are preserved here.Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Large sand dunes in the U.S. were deposited over thousands of years by southwesterly winds blowing through the passes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.Hovenweep National Monument
Pre-Columbian Indians built these six groups of towers, pueblos, and cliff dwellings, fine examples of ancient stone architecture.Mesa Verde National Park
The first cultural park set aside by NPS features the best preserved and most notable pre-Columbian cliff dwellings and other works of early Americans.Rocky Mountain National Park
Designated a Biosphere Reserve, park straddles the Continental Divide and features 14,000-foot peaks.Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Commemorates the 1864 massacre of 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians by Colonel John M. Chivington and 700 U.S. volunteer soldiers along the banks of Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado.Yucca House National Monument
Ruins of these large prehistoric Indian pueblos are as yet unexcavated. Not open to the public.
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