Eastern Mojave Vegetation Colorado State Highway 65  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  Generally north to south across Grand Mesa.

Other articles:
• Interstate 70:   at CO 65;  

Junction: US Interstate 70, in DeBeque Canyon, either downriver (southwest) to Palisade and Grand Junction, or upriver (northeast) to DeBeque and points east, such as Denver.

Other articles:
• CO Hwy 330:   at CO 65;  

Junction: Colorado State Highway 330, through an area known as Mesa Valley.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:   at Skyway Point;  

Skyway Point Overlook

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View from Skyway Point.
 
 

Just barely into Mesa county, near the Mesa Top parking lot and trailhead.

  Mesa County above …
Delta County below …

 

 

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  24 May 2026;

Locations: Grand Mesa.  

Grand Mesa

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Pond with frogs on top of the mesa.
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Marsh marigold (Caltha chionophila) on Grand Mesa.
 

Other articles:
• Forest Road 121:   at CO 65;  

Junction: Forest Road 121 “Tricke Park Road”

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  24 May 2026;  

at viewpoint

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Surface Creek drainage and Adobe Badlands.

 

 

Locations: Cedaredge.  

Cedaredge

County, Colorado, United States. It is a small, agricultural community with 2,279 residents as of 2020, producing beef cattle, elk, apples, and peaches. Cedaredge is also home to several of the 19 wineries in Delta County, produced from the region's few basic vineyards. Located beneath the southern slopes of the Grand Mesa in the Surface Creek Valley, Cedaredge has an elevated vantage point that affords southern views of the San Juan Mountains, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, and the Coloradan communities of Delta, Olathe, and Montrose.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  24 May 2026;  

Pioneer Town Museum

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Stolte Packing Shed in Pioneer Town Museum.
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Log cabin and wooden silos in Pioneer Town Museum.
 

 

   

Orchard City

 

Other articles:
• CO Hwy 92:   at CO 65;  

Junction: Colorado State Highway 92
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Date and time this article was prepared: 8/1/2026 3:00:21 PM