Top Rated Attractions in Grand Junction

Board Fox Games and Coffee is a treasure chest for board game lovers. The place's extensive selection of games is visible through their glass storefront and just a glimpse is enough to beckon enthusiasts. The store is spacious and the layout encourages you to leisurely browse through their collection. To further peak your interest, Board Fox Games and Coffee has a busy calendar of board game tournaments. The place also serves coffee and light snacks to keep you fueled throughout your perusal.

Four galleries, two enclosed courtyards, a gift shop and a number of working studios and classrooms make up the Art Center or the Western Colorado Center for the Arts. Exhibits and collections at the center can be viewed free of charge. Programs in art education are offered for children and adults in various domains such as sculpture, painting, ceramics, mixed-media collages, photography. The Art Center also offers rental space for private and community events.

Established in 1981, the CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum is an aviation museum that focuses essentially on history of military aviation. Showcasing artifacts from as early as World War II to the Vietnam War, the museum houses everything from engines to operational aircrafts. Visitors can also schedule rides on the functional aircrafts either at the museum or during airshows that take place from time to time. If you are an avid aviation enthusiast, a couple of hours at the CAF Rocky Mountain Wing Museum certainly won't let you down.

Cavalcade is a community space that allows amateurs, locals and artists to display their art and skill. The events held here are truly unique and entertaining, while gigs like live music concerts add fun to your evening, workshops like Tinker Series demonstrate repairing of antique or broken music instruments. Concerts, educational movies, charity events and much more awaits you at Cavalcade. Check website for updates and other information.

Colorado National Monument is a landscape where deep ravines carved into sandstone surroundings, and juniper and pinion woods shelter myriad wildlife under its canopies. The primary attraction of Colorado National Monument is its magnificent red rock canyons, which were formed over millions of years by erosion from the Colorado River and its tributaries. View the magnificence of the Colorado Plateau from the park’s nature trails and the meandering Rim Rock Drive. The Monument offers an assortment of outdoor activities in its panoramic environs.