Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Hertz, Avis, National and Budget have locations at the airport. Grand Junction is on I-70,
248 miles west of Denver via and 30 miles east of the Utah state line.
Grand Junction Amtrak
(
www.amtrak.com
;
339 S 1st St; ticket office 9am-6pm)
Amtrak's daily
Califor-
nia Zephyr
between Chicago, IL, and Oakland, CA, stops at the passenger depot; there's a
small information booth here. There is one train to and from Denver via the
California
Zephyr
(eight hours, $64 one-way).
Grand Junction Regional Airport
(Walker Field Airport; 970-244-9100;
www.gjairport.com
; 2828 Walker Field
Dr)
Grand Junction's commercial airport is 6 miles northeast of downtown. It connects to
six cities in the western US, including Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles, but most
flights go to and from Denver. It is served by Delta, America, United, US Airways and
Allegiant.
Greyhound Station
( 970-242-6012;
www.greyhound.com
; 230 S 5th St)
Bus services to Denver ($65,
five hours); Las Vegas, NV; and Salt Lake City, UT.
Getting Around
Grand Valley Transit
(GVT; 970-256-7433;
http://gvt.mesacounty.us
; 525 S 6th St; $1.50; 5:45am-6:15pm
Mon-Sat)
There are 11 Fixed Routes serving Grand Junction, Palisade, Clifton, Orchard
Mesa and Fruita. All buses allow bikes.
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Fruita
POP 12,646 / ELEV 4514FT
Home to some of the best singletrack mountain biking in the US, modest Fruita has thus
far escaped a dire fate as an extended suburb of Grand Junction. It's cute two-block
'downtown' has traveler services that wisely cater to cyclists, beyond the odd antique
shop and Saturday farmers market. The town is also the gateway to the 550-mile Dinosaur
Diamond Prehistoric Highway, a recent addition to the Scenic & Historic Byways net-
work, which leads north to Dinosaur National Monument and into Utah.
Sights & Activities
Mountain Biking
