Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP contains twelve miles of the Black Canyon on the Gunnison River. The canyon averages half a mile of depth through the park, and its floor receives just thirty-three minutes of sunlight a day. Several hikes and viewpoints along the rim provide spectacular views, and the truly intrepid can scramble down to the river — though they are warned with multiple signs proclaiming “self-rescue only.” The campsites are quite scenic themselves, and because of the park’s remoteness provide world-class night sky viewing. In fact, Black Canyon has now been designated an International Dark Sky Park and hosts an astronomy festival every summer or fall — which I happily yet inadvertently stumbled into back in 2015!
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