Colorado River - major river in the western United States and Mexico

The Colorado River is a river that runs through the United States and Mexico.

Regions

The Colorado River runs through:

• Colorado.
• Utah.
• Arizona.
• Nevada.
• California.
• Baja California.
• Sonora.

Cities

Listed in order from headwaters downstream:

• Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
• Grand Junction, Colorado.
• Moab, Utah.
• Page, Arizona.
• Boulder City and nearby Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona.
• Needles, California.
• Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
• Blythe, Arizona.
• Yuma, Arizona.
• San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.

Other destinations

Listed roughly in order from headwaters downstream:

In Colorado: (Front Range and Northwestern Colorado):

• Rocky Mountain National Park and the headwaders of the Colorado River.
• City of Grand Junction.
• Colorado National Monument.
• McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.

In Utah: (Canyon Country)

• Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.
• Town of Moab.

Along Arizona-Utah border:

• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell.

In Arizona: (Northern Arizona and Western Arizona)

• Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.
• The Grand Canyon, one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

Along Arizona-Nevada border: (Southern Nevada).

• Hoover Dam and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
• Town of Laughlin.

Along Arizona-California border: (California Desert)

• Route 66.
• Lake Havasu City and the London Bridge.
• Cibola National Wildlife Refuge.

Along Baja California-Sonora border: (Baja California and Sonora)

• City of San Luis Rio Colorado.
• Gulf Of California.

Understand

Get in

Get around

See

Do

• Vermilion Cliffs National Monument:
  • See the Wave, Paria Canyon, and Vermilion Cliffs.
• The Grand Canyon:
  • Hiking and Whitewater Rafting in the Grand Canyon.

Eat

• Black Pearl Restaurant at Pirates Den Resort, 7350 Riverside Dr, Parker, AZ 85344, +1 928 667-3102. 2021-05-03
• Sundance Saloon, 5920 Riverside Dr, Parker, AZ 85344, +1 928 667-2200. 2021-05-03
• CoVeu Drinkery and Eatery, 2247 Clearwater Dr, Bullhead City, AZ 86442, +1 928 299-5012. 2021-05-03

Drink

Sleep

• Pirate Cove Resort & Marina, 100 Park Moabi Road, reservations@piratecoveresort.com. 2021-05-03

• Lake Powell Resort & Marinas, 100 Lakeshore Drive, Page, AZ 86040. 2021-05-03

• Bluewater Resort and Casino, 11300 Resort Dr, Parker, AZ 85344. 2021-05-03

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