Independence Monument (Colorado) - Wikipedia
Independence Monument is a 5,739-foot-elevation (1,749 meter) sandstone pillar located in Colorado National Monument, in Mesa County of western Colorado, United States. [1]
Independence Monument : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering - SummitPost
Independence Monument is a free standing tower of soft, red sandstone, the signature formation of the Colorado National Monument. It soars 450 feet above the floor of the monument canyon. Colorado National Monument is a relatively small area of eroded red rock formations and canyons just south of the Colorado River, near Grand Junction.
Basic Information - Colorado National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
2024年12月3日 · Independence Monument View and Cold Shivers Point are accessible overlooks along Rim Rock Drive. For visitors with hearing impairments, headphones are available for use while watching the two videos in the visitor center auditorium, as well as a audio tour of the Visitor Center exhibit hall.
Independence Monument - Atlas Obscura
2022年7月20日 · It is the centerpiece of Colorado National Monument, a piece of desert high on the Colorado Plateau that was recognized by the National Park Service largely thanks to the work of a man named...
gjhikes.com: Independence Monument
Every year on the 4th of July climbers climb Independence Monument and plant the United Stats flag on the summit. A tradition that follows in the steps of the first known person to climb the towering monolith John Otto. For some of the climbers it is their first ever experience at …
10 Facts You May Not Know About Colorado's Independence Monument …
2023年3月22日 · At around 450 feet, Independence Monument is the tallest free-standing monolith found inside the Colorado National Monument. Scroll on to learn some interesting facts about this popular Grand Junction/Fruita attraction you may not have known.
Independence Day Tradition - Colorado National Monument …
2015年2月24日 · Colorado National Monument is an international park. Visitors from across the world come for a once in a lifetime event - that happens every year - the raising of the stars and stripes on top of a 450-foot tall monolith named Independence Monument.
Independence Monument - Colorado - Scenic USA
Here among the landmarks of Cleopatra's Couch, Otto's Bathtub, Squatting Monkey and the Coke Ovens, Independence Monument is perhaps the most impressive rock formation found in Colorado National Monument. Pictured here, the huge slab rises up 450 feet from the floor of Wedding Canyon.
Colorado National Monument: Independence Monument - Backpacker
2013年9月20日 · This 4.6-mile out-and-back twists through a red rock canyon ending at a towering rock monolith in Colorado National Monument.
How It Got There: Independence Monument - 5280
2020年6月1日 · The largest monolith in CNM, Independence Monument is the lone surviving remnant of an extensive ridge that once linked the Island formation to the east and the plateau upon which the visitor center is built.