The Top 13 Natural Monuments in Garfield County
Garfield County’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 13
beautiful natural monuments in Garfield County. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in Garfield County. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 13, 2025
Hanging Lake Trail
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
The Hanging Lake trail is a 1.2 mile backcountry hike. It is steep, rigorous and rocky, but rewards you with beautiful scenery and scenic waterfalls.
As the lake has become …
As the lake has become …
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Spouting Rock Waterfall
Highlight • Waterfall
Just a few hundred meters above Hanging Lake is this waterfall, which is worth seeing and behind which you can even walk.
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Rifle Falls
Highlight • Waterfall
Rifle Falls is not just a regular waterfall – it is Colorado's only 80-foot triple waterfall. You can take a short stroll to this stunning natural monument and enjoy a …
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Riparian Area
Highlight • Waterfall
The Riparian Area is situated in the northern part of Rifle Falls State Park. Even though the waterfalls can not compete with the Rifle Falls in the south of the …
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Devils Causeway
Highlight • Gorge
Those who dare to hike up here can enjoy one of the most spectacular views in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area and Stillwater Reservoir down in the valley. Devils Causeway …
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Caves in Rifle Falls State Park
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Beautiful to visit and nice and cool in the cave openings in the summer.
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Colorado River
Highlight (Segment) • River
A spectacular stretch of the Colorado River is through Glenwood Canyon. The Glenwood Canyon section runs 12.5 miles in length and is 1,300 ft deep at the deepest point. There …
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Mushroom Rock
Highlight • Natural Monument
Along this scenic loop trail close to the town of Carbondale, you hike through beautiful red rocks, juniper pines and shrubs. If the weather is clear, you can see the towering mountains of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness in the distance.
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Storm King Mountain Memorial Trail
Highlight • Trail
The Storm King Mountain Memorial Trail between New Castle and Glenwood Springs was built to remember 14 young firefighters who were killed in 1994, when they got trapped by a …
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Trappers Lake
Highlight • Lake
Trappers Lake is one of the largest lakes within the Flat Tops Wilderness. You can pitch your tent in the large camping area, take a hike around the lake on …
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Rifle Gap Reservoir
Highlight • Lake
This 350-acre reservoir is part of Rifle Gap State Park and provides some of Colorado's best boating, fishing, swimming and windsurfing. There is also a campground along the northern shore of the reservoir.
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