Black Canyon of the Gunnison is located in western Colorado and is one of the recent parks making the name change to National Park (1999). The park itself was created as a National Monument in 1933.

Yes, one day is plenty of time to explore Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park! This national park is relatively small and covers 30,244 acres. To put that in perspective, Colorado’s Rocky ...

This park protects a 12-mile stretch of the Gunnison River ... and inspiring the "Black Canyon" name. Visitors can enjoy trout fishing and challenging paddling conditions on the river; rock climbers ...

A new initiative aims to double the number of International Dark Sky Parks in Colorado. That would be the result if 12 state ...

Horace Albright, the National Park Service’s future director ... and canals to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres of farms and ranches. The 2.5-hour drive to the Black Canyon from our home in ...