The Top 20 Natural Monuments in White River National Forest
White River National Forest’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20
beautiful natural monuments in White River National Forest. 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 White River National Forest. 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: December 3, 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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Maroon Lake
Highlight • Lake
Maroon Lake, near Aspen, is undoubtedly one of the most photographed landscapes of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
It occupies a basin dug by glaciers during a glaciation, and later …
It occupies a basin dug by glaciers during a glaciation, and later …
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Crater Lake (Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness)
Highlight • Lake
There are a lot of Crater Lakes in the United States. The best known is found in the state of Oregon.
This one offers the particularity of drying up, if …
This one offers the particularity of drying up, if …
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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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Grays Peak
Highlight • Summit
Grays Peak is one of Colorado's famous 14ers and one of the easier ones to summit. If you hike along the iconic Continental Divide Trail (stretching from Mexico to Canada), …
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