Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park information
National park in Colorado, United States
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
IUCN category II (national park)
Gunnison River at the base of Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Location in Colorado
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Location in the United States
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Location
Montrose County, Colorado, United States
Nearest city
Montrose
Coordinates
38°34′45″N107°43′39″W / 38.5791°N 107.7276°W / 38.5791; -107.7276 (Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park)
Area
30,750 acres (124.4 km2)[1]
Established
October 21, 1999
Visitors
308,962 (in 2018)[2]
Governing body
National Park Service
Website
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is an American national park located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service. There are two primary entrances to the park: the south rim entrance is located 15 miles (24 km) east of Montrose, while the north rim entrance is 11 miles (18 km) south of Crawford and is closed in the winter. The park contains 12 miles (19 km) of the 48-mile-long (77 km) Black Canyon of the Gunnison River. The national park itself contains the deepest and most dramatic section of the canyon, but the canyon continues upstream into Curecanti National Recreation Area and downstream into Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. The canyon's name owes itself to the fact that parts of the gorge only receive 33 minutes of sunlight a day, according to Images of America: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison. In the book, author Duane Vandenbusche states, "Several canyons of the American West are longer and some are deeper, but none combines the depth, sheerness, narrowness, darkness, and dread of the Black Canyon."[3]
^"Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-03-06. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
^"NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
^Vandenbusche, Duane (2009). Images of America - The Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7385-6919-2.
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