Cross the colorado river and drive past the public service power plant. Part of the southern edge of this wsa is dominated by the 2,000foothigh face of the book cliffs. The canyon is located a few miles east of mount garfield and is easily accessible from i70 the main interstate from denver to utah. Use our trip planner for your next camping vacation. They are so named because the cliffs of cretaceous sandstone that cap many of the southfacing buttes appear similar to a shelf of books. The kokopelli trail was established in 1989 and remains a popular destination for mountain bikers and bikepackers, as well as hikers and backpackers. Lets compile a list of free open shooting ranges in colorado. Event participants must park in the saddlehorn picnic parking lot. Map is useful for ohv4wd use, and colorado hunting units 21,22,30,31, and 32. This area contains 455,000 acres of diverse ecosystems in a very remote setting, and maintains a frontier mystique. Travel on the dinosaur diamond national scenic byway. Colorado 2018 little book cliffs wild horse gather. The bureau of land management is gathering up to 60 wild horses from the little book cliffs wild horse range to sustain a healthy viable wild horse population and reduce grazing pressure on forage plants.
Book cliffs recreation area bureau of land management. The blm distinguishes between herd areas ha where feral horse and burro herds existed at the time of the passage of the wild and free roaming horses and burros act of 1971, and herd management areas hma where the land is currently managed for the benefit of horses and burros, though as a component of public lands, part of multiple use management, and thus not exclusively as equine. The viewing platform is right in front of a small pulloff parking area for the book cliffs view. It then climbs a little more to a high point 7,501 feet at a pass, and enters the far upper end of nine mile canyon. Park with its extensive ancient cliff dwellings and ruins located near cortez. Grand valley open ohv area provides opportunities for crosscountry motorized recreation and time with family and friends, including camping. These four larger systems are also accompanied by many smaller side canyons.
Book cliffs to colorado springs 5 ways to travel via. Other brands ive seen are less expensive, but benchmarks detailed maps include lots of forest service roads, and rural roads. The area is especially popular in the spring and fall, when mountain trails are still covered in snow and the desert isnt too hot. Purchase merchandise, topos, maps, books and public lands items. Book cliffs view, fruita, colorado hiking trail maps. The blm library, located at the national operations center in.
With detailed online topos, topozone features a unique selection of topographic maps extending across the state of colorado. Nine mile canyon road the road from us 6 heads north across farmland, through the sagebrushcovered foothills of the book cliffs, and into the valley of soldier creek, which provides a route through the cliffs to the elevated grassland whitmore park on the far side. A tributary minnie maud creek joins from the west near milepost 21, which is marked by a blm notice welcoming. It turned out that challenge wasnt hard at all, because the blm had installed a sign to help us out. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you selected. Mytopo hunt area game management units gmu maps are 1. Colorado topo topographic maps, aerial photos, and topo. 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. Numerous opportunities for both are found on blm land south of book cliffs near westwater, and are marked on the map. Geological survey publishes a set of the most commonly used topographic maps of the u. Elk hunting unit map displaying unit boundaries, land ownership status, and cwmu hunting areas. The book cliffs area begins in the northern desert shrub zone at.
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. Little book cliffs wild horse area hma bureau of land management. Book cliffs is covered by the cliff, ut us topo map quadrant. Colorado land for sale bordering blm colorado mountain. Bureau of land management blm maps can be obtained by calling 3032393600 public lands information center maps can be obtained by calling 18778518946 download forest service topographical maps for free. Their club is a 501 c 3 organization the is open to membership and actively seeks new members and. For additional assistance, please email us or call toll free 18778518946 mf, 85 mountain time. Atv and offroad trails visit grand junction, colorado. The bureau of land management blm oversees 8,726,011 acres 35,312. The little book cliffs wild horse area grand junction 2020 all. A growing selection of those maps are available for your public lands adventures and business. Blm colorado interactive map view and interact with blm colorado s gis data such as mining claims, grazing allotments, wilderness boundaries, surface management agency and more without the need for specialized installed software.
View grand junctions wild horses visit grand junction. The bureau of land management blm is an agency within the united states department of. Information and graphics courtesy of blm, colorado district office when traveling to the little bookcliffs area on winter flats road, you will drive through an extensive area of colorful sculptured badlands. 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. Today, national geographic maps continues this mission by creating the worlds best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care. Blm a great map to have if you are interested in mountain biking or motorized dirt biking. Winding for 250 miles across utah and colorado, it is the longest continuous escarpment in the world. A group of wild horses in the little bookcliffs wild horse. For about 200 miles this escarpment extends from where the colorado river descends south through debeque to price canyon near price, utah.
Mountain bike the book cliffs, north fruita desert campground. Lands end observatory is an old ranger observatory on the edge of the grand mesa. Usually accessible by may suggest calling the blm office in grand junction 9702443000 for trail conditions. Terms of use privacy and cookies statement site map how the site works. Colorado land for sale bordering blm colorado mountain realty. Free shooting areas in colorado verified left hand canyon ohv area from boulder, take broadway north. The drive would be lonely but for a constant companion. If you find a web link with a spot, or know of a free shooting area, post below. The mountain consists of 880 acres of blm public land, and has an elevation of 6,500 feet, providing panoramic views of the yampa valley. There is an abundance of wildlife species for viewing, including deer, elk, black bear, blue and sage grouse, numerous hawks, antelope, mountain lion, small mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. The estimated population of colorado was 5,695,564 on july 1, 2018, an growth of. The other is at the east end of c rd in the orchard mesa area. Find a map states ut hunt area gmu maps book cliffs hunt area big game gmu maps. Recreation management areas, bureau of land management, colorado january 1990.
Adjoins blm on the western boundary and the 243,000 acre rio grande del norte national monument on the southern boundary. On the way up mount garfield, be on the lookout for wild horses. Irish canyon ranks at the top of the list in colorado blms. They are so named because the cliffs of cretaceous. The bureau of land management is working within rapidly evolving cdc guidance and with local. Head north on cherry street and take the first right onto aspen. Cedar mountain is a prominent landmark close to craig. Main canyon, coal canyon, cottonwood canyon and spring canyon. Both with covered area and the rifle range has shooting benches. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah. Out in the desert past the airport at the base of the book cliffs. I dont use the lists of recreation sites in the book, and those lists are not all inclusive.
The public lands foundation plf is a national nonprofit membership organization that advocates and works for the retention of americas national system of public lands nspl in public hands, professionally and sustainably managed by the bureau of land management blm for responsible use and enjoyment by everyone. The blm maps include public land ownership boundaries and are a great intermediatescale resource for scouting hunting areas, planning travel routes, and inspecting the terrain. Travel map, rio grande national forest and blm lands in the san luis valley, colorado. Book cliffs is a mountain in utah and has an elevation of 5220 feet.
The book cliffs are one of the most recognizable landforms in western colorado and eastern utah. The hike sits on the 36,1acre little book cliffs wild horse range that provides free roaming and protection over herds of wild horses. The book cliffs ridge road is actually a loop that goes up the east side of the cliffs, follows them for a while, and then drops down on the west side. This is a great place to hike, especially in the spring and fall when. The western boundary of the open area is 27 14 road. Map shows roads, ohvdirt bikes trails, points of interest, and township and range lines. The bureau of land management blm is an agency within the united states department of the interior responsible for administering public lands. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah, in the western united states. Bureau of land management colorado, denver, colorado.
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. Mytopo hunt area gmu maps provide the western us public land hunter with 1. Blm colorado interactive map view and interact with blm colorados gis data such as mining claims, grazing allotments, wilderness boundaries, surface management agency and more without the need for specialized installed software colorado river valley field office christmas tree areas this interactive map. Experience places like dinosaur national monument, the sand wash basin wild horse management area and free flowing rivers including the mighty yampa, last of the wild ones. The dinosaur sites now form the garden park paleontological resource area overseen by the bureau of land management. Bureau of land management beginning in mcinnis canyons national conservation area near loma, colorado, this 142mile trail stretches all the way to moab, utah. Includes private land, private land within the cwmu program, national forest, blm, and federal lands with trails and roads. Cedar mountain offers a wide variety of yearround recreational activities. List of wilderness areas of the united states wikipedia.
Bureau of land management blm maps can be obtained by calling. Bison herd unit management plan book cliffs, bitter. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous u. Both southern uintah county and northern grand county are included. Name product code popularity set ascending direction. Book cliffs to colorado springs 5 ways to travel via train. Some wilderness areas are managed by multiple agencies, so the above totals exceed the actual number of units in. So, our challenge was to locate seep ridge road that veers off of the book cliffs ridge road. Below is a list of some of the available topography maps of colorado. To prevent overpopulation, every 34 years, the bureau of land management rounds up to 60 horses and places them in a wild horse adoption program. Find all the transport options for your trip from book cliffs to colorado springs right here.
Lands end is accessed by a 12 mile half paved, half dirt road off. The agency manages 221 wilderness areas, 27 national monuments and some 636 other protected areas as. List of bureau of land management herd management areas. Blm colorado interactive map view and interact with blm colorado s gis data such as mining claims, grazing allotments, wilderness boundaries, surface management agency and more without the need for specialized installed software colorado river valley field office christmas tree areas this interactive map shows the recommended areas for.
At this time no individual gmu maps are available for purchase. The blm library collection includes a full range of land and natural resource management publications including wildlife, vegetation, soil, air, water, geology, minerals, archaeology, energy, landscape ecology, rangeland, and others. Between price, utah and grand junction, colorado, highway 6 and interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. Visit our featured map products through the links below. This area has extensive blm lands for you to explore and enjoy. Northwestern colorado welcome to colorados great northwest, moffat county has nearly 2 million acres of public lands to explore. The book cliffs are these incredible sand and stone cliffs rising on the north side of the grand valley, north of grand junction. Seeing the wild horses at the little book cliffs wild horse area is a great day trip for hikers, bikers or horseback riders. Founded in 1915 as the cartographic group, the first division of national geographic, national geographic maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking. Approximately 70% of the area is administered by the blm, 25% by the school and institutional trust land administration sitla, and 5% is private. The little book cliffs wilderness study area is characterized by gentlysloping plateaus, various small canyons, and four major canyon systems. And with the exception of a few privately held parcels of land, almost 96% of the 2.
The little book cliffs wilderness study area is characterized by gentlysloping plateaus, various small canyons, and. Please note the year of publication on the individual map, changes may have occurred since publication. The hunting ranges from fair to good in the bookcliffs and piceance units. Forest service topographical maps for free national forest maps store. Main canyon in the little bookcliffs wild horse area is a part of the main book cliffs range extending from the western colorado, to the eastern utah. If you need more detail of a colorado big game hunting unit or the statewide index map, click on the button above to download a pdf map of colorado big game hunting units 1. Gmu maps for the western us public land hunter with 1. Colorado is a permit of the western joined states encompassing most of the southern rocky mountains as without difficulty as the northeastern ration of the colorado plateau and the western edge of the good plains.
The uintah and ouray indian reservation is on the west side of the book cliffs. Best trails in little book cliffs wilderness study area. Digging into the pocket of a nodule in the book cliffs area, working hard trying not to damage any crystals. Book cliffs trail system at fruita bureau of land management blm webpage. These maps include public land ownership boundaries, topography, roads, and key terrain features. Theres also some open source maps with a terrain layer that has a lot of off road use trails on it, but it doesnt show gates which can be a problem. Paria canyon, kanab vermillion cliffs national monument, grand. Rome2rio is a doortodoor travel information and booking engine, helping you get to and from any location in the world. The latest information about covid19 impacts to blm colorado offices and areas is available here. It then climbs a little more to a high point 7,501 feet at a pass, and enters the far upper end of nine mile canyon, now cutting through the roan cliffs tertiary rocks that overlie the older, cretaceous strata of the book cliffs. The usgs quad maps together provide the best and most complete look at the mountainous state, free and printable for you to use. The book cliffs are an enormous area that spans two states. North book cliffs land ownership range area and approximate ownership bitter creek subunit little creek subunit combined north subunits ownership area acres % area acres % area acres % blm 644,446 45.
The book cliffs view shelter offers a panoramic view of wedding and monument canyons, as well as views of fruita and grand junction, the book cliffs, and the grand mesa. Mapsfrom the white mountains in alaska to the jupiter inlet lighthouse in florida, map and geospatial products inform our management decisions. Rome2rio makes travelling from book cliffs to colorado springs easy. Maps for the region book cliffs wildlife management unit. A nodule where a pocket of barite and calcite crystals may have been found, in the book cliffs area. Welcome to the official facebook page of the bureau of land managementcolorado. 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. You can get a handful of free and paid maps that are already placed accurately as gps map tiles. A spectacular view of the grand valley can be seen from the cliff line that forms the southwestern boundary of the wild horse range. Youll want to camp with the cool kids on 18 road, also known as the book cliffs. In other words, designated shooting areas that do not require a fee or membership. Colorado road and recreation atlas benchmark atlas.