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Website. www .gjcity .org. Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the seat of government and largest city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. [1] Grand Junction's population was 65,560 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the most populous city in western Colorado and the 17th most populous Colorado municipality overall.
U.S. Highway 50 US 50 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by CDOT Length 467.583 mi (752.502 km) Existed 1926–present Major junctions West end I-70 US 50 at Utah state line Major intersections I-70 / US 6 in Grand Junction US 550 in Montrose US 285 in Poncha Springs I-25 / US 85 / US 87 in Pueblo US 350 in La Junta US 287 in Lamar US 385 from Lamar to Granada US 400 from Granada ...
Mesa County, Colorado. / 39.02°N 108.47°W / 39.02; -108.47. Mesa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,703. [1] The county seat and most populous municipality is Grand Junction. [2] The county was named for the many large mesas in the area, including the Grand Mesa ...
08-15605. GNIS feature ID. 2413226 [2] Website. www .colorado .gov /townofcollbran. Collbran is a statutory town located in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. [1] The town's population was 369 at the 2020 Census. [4] Collbran is a part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area .
2413110 [5] Website. www .parachutecolorado .com. The Town of Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,390 at the 2020 census. [6] The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
U.S. Route 24 US 24 highlighted in red Route information Length 1,563.82 mi (2,516.72 km) Existed 1926 –present Major junctions West end I-70 / US 6 near Minturn, CO Major intersections I-25 US 87 in Colorado Springs, CO I-70 near Colby, KS I-29 / I-35 / US 71 in Kansas City, MO I-74 in East Peoria, IL I-55 near Chenoa, IL I-57 in Gilman, IL I-65 in Remington, IN I-69 / I-469 / US 27 / US 30 ...
The name Rio Colorado ("Red River") was first applied to the Colorado by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in his maps and written reports resulting from his explorations to the Colorado River Delta and his discovery that California was not an island but a peninsula (1700–1702). Kino's 1701 map, "Paso por Tierra a la California," is the first ...
class 1 hiking [2] Mt. Garfield [3] is the high point of the Book Cliffs, east-northeast of Grand Junction, and overlooking the town of Palisade. Two classic hiking trails ascend the mountain. The mountain was named after President James Garfield a year after Garfield's death. The mountain is composed of Mesaverde Group overlaying Mancos Shale .