Colorado hiking trails - Lower Bench Trail, Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains, Mesa County
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Latitude: 38.52111
Longitude: -108.65944
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| | Time to get out and breathe some fresh air, and Lower Bench Trail in Mesa County, Colorado is a good choice. Lower Bench Trail is located quite a long drive from Montrose but hiking is such a fun thing to do and this is a great place to do that. This river has so much to offer. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Lower Bench Trail has to offer, you can camp at T Bone Spring Campground; in case you don’t mind getting soaked, you can always go whitewater paddling on Escalante Creek.
Hiking here in Colorado is a must. Lower Bench Trail |
is pretty dry usually; the month of August is the wettest with most of the rain; June meanwhile is the driest month.
Hiking trails are all over the Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains, it's a great hiking area. Dolores River is a splendid whitewater spot next to Lower Bench Trail;
| Johnson Basin is right here at Lower Bench Trail. All through the days of summer here at Lower Bench Trail, high temperatures usually get into the 90's, and the nighttime is a bit colder of course, frequently in the 60's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 40's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Lower Bench Trail.
But wait, there's more enjoyable things to do in the Uncompahgre Plateau Mountains. There's so much to do here at Lower Bench Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Divide Forks Campground is a glorious spot for that; it's a tremendous idea to take a look at Coal Creek. | |
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| | Trails Near Lower Bench Trail:
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Upper Bench Trail, Mesa County
, 2 miles away |
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Beaver Dam Trail, Mesa County
, 4 miles away |
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Bench Trail, Mesa County
, 4 miles away |
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Spring Creek Trail, Montrose County
, 5 miles away |
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Blue Creek Trail, Mesa County
, 6 miles away |
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Campbell Creek Trail, Montrose County
, 6 miles away |
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Franks Bench Trail, Mesa County
, 6 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Lower Bench Trail:
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Dolores River, Montezuma/Dolores County
County
, 19 miles away, Class II+ - 44 miles long (Bedrock to Gateway) |
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Escalante Creek, Gunnison County
County
, 24 miles away, Class V - 6.5 miles long (Escalante Forks to Captain Smith's Cabin) |
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San Miguel River, San Miguel/ Montrose County
County
, 25 miles away, Class III - 5.2 miles long (BB 36 Road to Green Truss Bridge) |
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Dolores River, Montezuma/Dolores County
County
, 25 miles away, Class II+(III) - 50 miles long (Slickrock to Bedrock) |
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Kannah Creek, Mesa County
County
, 29 miles away, Class III - 6.5 miles long (Route 50 to Route 141) |
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| | National Parks Near Lower Bench Trail:
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Colorado National Monument, Fruita - CO
, 35 miles away |
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Arches National Park, Moab - UT
, 60 miles away |
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Canyonlands National Park, Moab - UT
, 60 miles away |
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| | Hotels Near Lower Bench Trail:
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Ray Motel, Naturita
, 18 miles away |
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Bunkhouse Motel, Naturita
, 18 miles away |
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El Rio Rancho Motel, Grand Junction
, 29 miles away |
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Prospector Motel, Grand Junction
, 29 miles away |
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Lazy S Arrow Motel, Whitewater
, 29 miles away |
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