Colorado is blessed with some of the most beautiful land in the world. There are many areas that have been set aside as national parks.

Listed below are links to several National Parks, Historic Sites, Recreational Areas and Monuments in Colorado.

Directions:

1. Take a few moments to visit each web site by clicking on the blue hyperlink.
2. Make sure that you explore each site by clicking on each button and visting other pages.
3. Be sure to read the "In Brief" description and study the picture.
4. Write down 3 parks you would like to visit.
5. Add a fact about each of those parks.
6. Write a sentence describing the photograph. "Paint" the photograph into the reader's mind.

Park Links...

http://www.nps.gov/beol Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site

http://www.nps.gov/blca Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument

http://www.nps.gov/colm Colorado National Monument

http://www.nps.gov/cure Curecanti National Recreation Area

http://www.nps.gov/dino Dinosaur National Monument

http://www.nps.gov/flfo Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

http://www.nps.gov/grsa Great Sand Dunes National Monument

http://www.nps.gov/hove Hovenweep National Monument

http://www.nps.gov/meve Mesa Verde National Park

http://www.nps.gov/romo Rocky Mountain National Park

http://www.nps.gov/yuho Yucca House National Monument