Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is one of the most popular National Parks in the United States, famous for its high mountain peaks, alpine lakes, abundant wildlife. The main sightseeing road in the park, and some of the hiking trails cross over the 12,000 feet/3,600 m altitude line
Colorado National Monument is an area of spectacular canyons, covering desert land on the Colorado Plateau, near Grand Junction and Fruita, Colorado. Between the many amazing rock formations in the park, presented in the video, are Windows Rock (0:10), Independence Monument (0:31, 0:46), Devils Kitchen (1:44), Coke Ovens (2:57), Kissing Couple, Praying Hands and Pipe Organ (3:05), Balanced Rock (4:24).
Glacier Gorge is considered one of the most beautiful and diverse areas in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Main locations in the video: Ribbon Falls (0:24), Black Lake (0:39), Frozen Lake (1:58), Green Lake (4:47), Blue Lake (6:00), back to Black Lake (7:01), Jewel Lake (7:30), Mills Lake (7:47).
The Garden of the Gods, Colorado is one the most amazing nature parks in the world inside the boundaries of a major city (Colorado Springs). The highlight of the park are the huge red sandstone ridges floating in green vegetation, with Pikes Peak (14,115 ft/4,302 m) as a background.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is located in western Colorado, USA. "Several canyons of the American West are longer and some are deeper, but none combines the depth, sheerness, narrowness, darkness, and dread of the Black Canyon." (Duane Vandenbusche, The Black Canyon of the Gunnison).
In the video - views from the South Rim viewpoints, the North Rim (1:16 to 3:11), descending to the river via the Gunnison Route (from the South Rim Visitor Center, 3:40 to 6:05).
Rattlesnake Canyon is a scenic area in western Colorado, in the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness, near Grand Junction and Fruita. It has the world’s second-largest concentration of arches in the United States, after Arches National Park. The Arches are accessible only by a 4x4 vehicle drive or a 14-mile round-trip trek from a trailhead west of Grand Junction. The main arches are best visible from the Rattlesnake Arches Upper and Lower Trails.