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Delta County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,196. [2] The county seat is Delta. [3] History.
- Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park
- Gunnison Gorge
- Adobe Badlands
- Escalante Canyon
- Mount Lamborn
- Needle Rock
- Land’s End Observatory
Crawford is the gateway to the North Rim of the 30,750-acre Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.The sheer gorge, reaching depths of 2,500 feet below the rim, was carved into ancient bedrock by the Gunnison River over the past three million years. The Black Canyon, one of Colorado’s must-see natural wonders, is both beautiful and intimidating...
The Gunnison Gorge, a protected 62,844-acre National Conservation Area, includes 14 miles of the rushing Gunnison River below the Black Canyon. The scenic gorge includes an inner canyon lined with sheer cliffs and a broad outer canyon. The Gunnison Gorge forms a wild playground for adventurers, including fishermen who cast for trophy-size trout in ...
The Adobe Badlands, a Wilderness Study Area northwest of Delta, is a bizarre and austere badlands of clay canyons, sloping mesas, corrugated hills, and Devils Thumb, a jutting landmark pinnacle on the south edge of Petrie Mesa. The scenic area, shaped by water and wind, provides a home for rare plants, the threatened hookless cactus, kit foxes, and...
Escalante Canyon, lying in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, is a deep canyon lined with ruddy sandstone walls that drains northeast to the Gunnison River in western Delta County. The canyon is named for Spanish priest Francisco Escalante who explored the area in 1776 with fellow padre Dominguez while searching for an overland rou...
Mount Lamborn, the high point of Delta County, lifts wooded slopes to its pointed 11,402-foot summit, which rises more than 5,500 feet above Paonia in the North Fork Valley. The bulky peak, on the western edge of the West Elk Mountains, is climbed by hiking seven miles up the Lamborn Trail (#894) and Mount Lamborn Trail (#895) from McCluskey State ...
Rising four miles east of Crawford is the 8,874-foot high Needle Rock, a prominent Delta County landmark and natural wonder. The tall formation, fortified by vertical cliffs, is the hardened plug or throat of an ancient volcano. Needle Rock, towering 800 feet above the Smith Fork River, is best viewed from down the valley with the West Elk Range lo...
Grand Mesa, reputedly the highest flat-topped mountain in the world, spreads across Delta County’s northern horizon. The Mesa, with an average elevation of 10,000 feet, is a world apart from the Gunnison River’s dry valley with evergreen forests, wildflower-carpeted meadows, and more than 300 lakes. This high upland, a summer oasis of cool temperat...
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Delta County. Delta County, home to abundant fruit orchards, was established in 1883. Delta County covers 1,149 square miles of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre River valleys in west central Colorado, including the southern part of Grand Mesa and the northern part of the Uncompahgre Plateau. The county is bordered to the north and west by Mesa ...
Known as the largest organic producing region in Colorado and above all the North Fork Valley leads the way. Throughout Delta County numerous wineries, farms and ranches offer tours, dinners and roll-up-your-sleeves opportunities to immerse yourself in the local scene. A trip to Fort Uncompahgre is a trip to the mid-1800s with a tour of the ...
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Delta County is home to the Crag Crest National Recreation Trail, the Sidewinder single track trail and over 400 miles of winter trails - just to get you started. You can play golf on one of two 18-hole golf courses, go skydiving and everything in between. Play hard and share a microbrew with your friends at the end of the day.
