The Dominguez Canyon Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located southeast of Grand Junction in western

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

. The wilderness area established in 2009, the largest BLM roadless area in the state of Colorado, includes two major canyon systems that drain the northeastern corner of the

Uncompahgre Plateau The Uncompahgre Plateau in western Colorado is a distinctive large uplift part of the Colorado Plateau. is a Ute word that describes the water: "Dirty Water" or "Rocks that make Water Red". The plateau, with an average elevation of , rises fro ...

. The Wilderness Area is a portion of the larger Dominguez-Escalante

National Conservation Area National Conservation Area is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States. They are nature conservation areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the National Landscape Conservation System. Restrictions vary b ...

, in size.

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Wilderness areas of Colorado Protected areas established in 2009 Protected areas of Mesa County, Colorado Protected areas of Delta County, Colorado Bureau of Land Management areas in Colorado 2009 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-protected-area-stub