Colorado National Monument

With 423 units of the National Park System from which to choose, there will never be a shortage of questions and interesting trivia to test your knowledge and provide you with a fact or two you can use to impress family, friends, and colleagues.

According to the National Park Service, there are over 5,000 miles of paved roads through the National Park System. Park roads (paved or unpaved) allow us to reach amazing vistas we might not otherwise see within a national park, national monument, or national recreation area. These roads are marvels of construction and merit a nod of appreciation to those builders who may have risked life and limb to ensure completion of that navigable ribbon of gravel or pavement. How many of these roads have you traveled, what have you seen and accessed via these roads, and how much do you know about them?

A search-and-rescue mission was continuing Friday a Colorado National Monument for a local man who went for a hike on Monday and failed to turn up.

A love-struck teen apparently anxious to land a prom date painted a proposal on rocks at Colorado National Monument, an act that could land them a $5,000 fine and some jail time.