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Colorado National Monument Association is turning 60. We've got lots planned for this monumental occasion and hope you'll join us.

Submissions are open for the 2025 Annual Calendar Contest. Share your best work for consideration for the Art or Photo calendar, showcasing the beauty of Colorado National Monument.

Call for entry now open for the 2024 Monuments and Canyons Plein Air Event. Join us in western Colorado to paint this beautiful landscape.

After a whirlwind year at Colorado National Monument Association, we are sharing our 2023 Recap and Highlights. Plus, what's to come in 2024.

An often-asked question at Colorado National Monument is: what is a National Monument and why isn’t it a National Park?

Colorado National Monument Association is hosting the 2023 Monuments and Canyons Plein Air Event. This is our 7th year organizing the outdoor painting event, which will take place October 1st …

July 23rd was a very hot day in the Grand Valley, even for our normal standards. Luckily the shade from the trees in Lincoln Park and some shenanigans with water …

The NPS part of my internship had me working mostly with their interpretation programs. I helped the park rangers by delivering their geology talk, but I also created my own …

Is it officially summer yet? School’s out in our district, so I think we made it! I can’t be the only one who chose routes around town to avoid school …

Indigenous people were the first caretakers of these canyons followed by a quirky man named John Otto. John Otto came to the Grand Valley in 1906 to work on the …