BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON
NATIONAL PARK
Direction
Driving directions to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Palestine, TX
1. Head southwest on Avenue A toward N Sycamore St230 ft
2. Turn left onto N Sycamore St
39 ft
3. Take the 1st right onto U.S. 287 N/Farm-To-Market Rd 322/W Spring St
Continue to follow U.S. 287 N/W Spring St
3.6 mi
4. Turn left onto U.S. 287 N
52.1 mi
5. Turn right to merge onto I-45 N17.8 mi
6. Take exit 247 to merge onto U.S. 287 Ntoward Waxahachie Ft Worth51.8 mi
7. Merge onto I-20 W0.9 mi
8. Keep right to continue on U.S. 287 N, follow signs for I-820 N/Downtown Ft Worth0.5 mi
9. Continue onto I-820 N1.0 mi
10. Keep left to continue on U.S. 287 N, follow signs for Downtown/Ft Worth6.7 mi
Take the exit onto I-35W N/U.S. 287 N/US-377 N toward D/FW Airport
Continue to follow I-35W N/U.S. 287 N
8.8 mi
12. Take exit 60 to merge onto U.S. 287 N/US-81 N toward DecaturContinue to follow U.S. 287 N
103 mi
2.6 mi
14. Continue onto I-44 E2.5 mi
15. Take exit 3A on the left toward US-287 N/Vernon/Amarillo
0.6 mi
211 mi
17. Take the ramp on the left onto I-40 W/U.S. 287 N7.8 mi
18. Take exit 70 to merge onto U.S. 287 N/US-60 E/S Buchanan St toward US-87 N/DowntownContinue to follow U.S. 287 N
36.4 mi
0.3 mi
20. Turn left onto Farm to Market 1913/Ranch Rd 1913/TX-354 WContinue to follow TX-354 W
21.3 mi
21. Turn right onto US-385 N/Rock Island AveContinue to follow US-385 N
29.6 mi
22. Continue onto US-87 N/Railroad StContinue to follow US-87 N
Entering New Mexico
127 mi
23. Turn right to merge onto I-25 NEntering Colorado
61.2 mi
0.2 mi
25. Turn left toward I-25 BUS N121 ft
26. Turn left onto I-25 BUS N0.4 mi
27. Turn right onto CO-69 N (signs forGardner/Westcliffe)
58.2 mi
28. Turn left onto Main St/Silver Cliff Ave0.2 mi
29. Take the 3rd right onto CO-69 N/N 3rd St
Continue to follow CO-69 N
15.9 mi
30. Turn left onto Co Rd 1a7.0 mi
31. Turn left onto US-50 W27.8 mi
32. Turn right onto US-285 N/US-50 W (signs for Gunnison/Buena Vista/Leadville)
Continue to follow US-50 W
117 mi
33. Turn right onto CO-347 N5.2 mi
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Crawford, CO 81415
Biomes and Ecology
High and Low Temeratures
MonthAvg HighAvg LowRecord HighRecord LowAvg Pcpt
January36°15°83°/1903-25°/19130.54"
February44°21°90°/1907-27°/19050.37"
March53°29°79°/2004-5°/19060.74"
April61°35°89°/19432°/19450.78"
May71°43°93°/200217°/19091.00"
June82°51°102°/193627°/19190.59"
July87°57°103°/193135°/19680.99"
August85°55°106°/194737°/19681.10"
September77°47°95°/194821°/19081.06"
October65°36°87°/19479°/19171.07"
November48°25°77°/1945-8°/19520.88"
December38°17°68°/1939-21°/19240.59"
History
Things to do
If only 2 days at the the pak they could go fishing and mountain climbing.
If they had a whole week they could go hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, rafting, horesback riding, mountain climbing and other winter activties.