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# Colorado National Monument

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BEFORE YOUR VISIT

Visitor advisoryFire & land management

### Colorado National Monument: Year-round Fire Restrictions in Effect

Park-specific information

- [Year-round Fire Restrictions in Effect](https://colorado-parks.com/parks/colorado-national-monument)

Smoking is prohibited except within an enclosed vehicle. Fireworks and wood fires are always prohibited. Charcoal fires only allowed in designated grills. Visit our Fire Safety page for more info.

[Read the official notice: National Park Service Colorado destinations ↗](https://www.nps.gov/colm/park-alerts-colm.json)Source checked Oct 21, 2026

PLAN YOUR VISIT

## The practical details.

**Managing agency**: National Park Service

[Official park information](https://www.nps.gov/colm/index.htm)

We have not yet verified hours, entry fees, accessibility details. Confirm these with the managing agency before traveling.

Check notice timestamps and official updates. Conditions can change between source checks.

## Weather & forecast

National Weather Service · [Official forecast ↗](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=39.049154506493196&lon=-108.689320419669)

## About Colorado National Monument

Explore red-rock canyons and towering formations on the plateau above Fruita and Grand Junction. Rim Rock Drive links viewpoints through the monument.

## Mapped hiking trails.

OpenStreetMap routes that intersect recorded park boundaries. Distances cover each route’s mapped Colorado portion, which may extend beyond this park. Check official maps and current access rules.

- [ADT - Colorado C - Q - Seg 6 ↗](https://colorado-parks.com/trails/adt-colorado-c-q-seg-6-osm-9109178)184.5 mapped mi

[All mapped hiking routes ↗](https://colorado-parks.com/trails)

Trail data © [OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [ODbL](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)

## Find your way.

Map points represent park land, not verified visitor entrances. Follow the managing agency’s entrance directions. Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

This point represents park land, and may not be a public entrance. Follow official entrance directions.

[Official visitor information & directions ↗](https://www.nps.gov/colm/index.htm)

## Read before you roam.

[THE FIELD GUIDE

### Check fire rules for the park you are visiting

Separate fire-use restrictions from forest-work closures and avoid carrying one county’s rules into another park.

Read the guide](https://colorado-parks.com/guides/fire-rules-and-forest-work)

## Sources & verification

Park facts and notices are checked separately. Missing facility information does not mean a facility is absent. Official visitor page checked Oct 21, 2026.

- [National Park Service Colorado destinations](https://www.nps.gov/state/co/list.htm) · Oct 21, 2026

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