Key Facts
- Established
- 1999
- Area
- 30,780 acres
- Visitors / yr
- ≈ 506K (2023)
- Entry fee
- $30/vehicle
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado protects 30,780 acres of one of the deepest, narrowest canyons in North America, where the Gunnison River carved walls up to 2,722 feet deep through 1.7-billion-year-old Precambrian rock; established in 1999, the park draws about 506,000 visitors a year.
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