Things to do in Grand Junction

15 activities, venues and outings in Grand Junction, from theatres and live music to parks and tours.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Adobe Creek National Golf Course
Framed against the backdrop of the scenic Colorado National Monument, this course offers 27 holes. With three separate nine holes for all skill levels and ages.
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Adventure Bound River Expeditions
Whitewater rafting trips on the Colorado River through Westwater Canyon and Cataract Canyon, as well as, whitewater rafting on the Green River through Lodore Canyon and Desolation Canyon and the Yampa River in Colorado and Utah.
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Chipeta Golf Course
18 holes with views of the Grand Mesa, Bookcliffs, Uncompahgre Plateau and the Colorado National Monument. Club house, driving range.
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Dinosaur Digs
Unearth your own apatosaurus! The Museum of Western Colorado offers a variety of paleontology expeditions in which you will help museum scientists excavate Jurassic dinosaur fossils from quarries, search for new sites, and locate dinosaur tracks in Colorado and Utah.
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Dominguez Canyon
Consists of two major canyon systems, Big Dominguez and Little Dominguez. Biomes range from upper Sonoran piñon-juniper desert along the Gunnison River, to Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine to aspen at higher elevations.
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Gunnison River Bluffs Trail
Runs along the Gunnison River and the historic Old Spanish Trail. The spring and fall are the best times to do this trail
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Lincoln Park Golf Course
This 9-hole course, 36-par public golf course is located in one of Grand Junction's fine old municipal parks in a Victorian neighborhood.
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Mark Davies Guide Services
Offers hunting for elk, deer, bear and mountain lion using archery, muzzleloader, rifle or handgun.
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Rattlesnake Canyon Arches Trail
You may have heard of the highest concentration of natural arches in the world in Moab, but what about the second largest? That would be Rattlesnake Canyon, with its nine arches. Hike along the mesa top, even walk through a couple of the arches. Like the more famous Arches National Park, but without the crushing summertime crowds. You may see deer, mountain lion and a herd of bighorn sheep as well as bald and golden eagles.
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Riggs Hill dinosaur hiking trails
Stegosaurus and allosaurus bones have been uncovered at this paleontology hot spot. The 0.8-mile, self-guided interpretive trail winds over the old quarry site.
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Rimrock Adventures
Enjoy one-and-a-half hour to three-day adventures down the Dolores, Gunnison and Colorado Rivers.
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The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa
18-hole course surrounded by pink sandstone buttes next to the Colorado National Monument. 11 elevated tees, 41 bunkers, deluxe, elegant clubhouse.
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Tiara Rado Golf Course
When this course went into bankruptcy during the energy bust of the 1980s, the city bought the course. Called "The Rock" by locals, the fairway plays along the base of the Colorado National Monument's red cliffs. A member of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary program, Tiara Rado is home to quail, pheasants, owls, herons, deer, rabbits, foxes and all three species of bluebirds in the United States. Home to the Pinon Grill Restaurant.
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Westwater Canyon
With eleven named rapids sporting wicked names like Big Hummer, Funnel Falls, Surprise, Skull, Bowling Alley and Sock-It-To-Me, this is a hairy whitewater experience. Go with a professional outfitter. Just 40 minutes west of Grand Junction in Utah.
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Powderhorn Ski Resort
48338 Powderhorn Rd Mesa

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Grand Junction (CC BY-SA 4.0).