SW007 COLORADO RIVER — PHOTO CREDITS & SOURCES
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JOURNEY
SW007 — Colorado River
16 days • approximately 1,940 miles • Denver, Colorado to Yuma, Arizona.

PHOTO CREDITS
Website photographs may be cropped, resized, or compressed for presentation. Creator, source, and license information are preserved below. Public-domain works remain public-domain source material, and Creative Commons works remain subject to their applicable licenses.

01. colorado-river-hero-fisher-towers.jpg
    colorado-river-hero-fisher-towers-960.jpg
    colorado-river-social.jpg
    Subject: Colorado River near Fisher Towers, Utah
    Credit: USFWS Mountain-Prairie
    License: Public domain — U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service federal-government work
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colorado_River_Near_Fisher_Towers_(51275807457).jpg

02. rocky-mountain-colorado-river.jpg
    Subject: Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
    Credit: Hogs555
    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colorado_River_in_Rocky_Mountain_NP.jpg

03. colorado-national-monument-rim-rock-drive.jpg
    Subject: Rim Rock Drive, Colorado National Monument, Colorado
    Credit: AirInSky
    License: CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rim_Rock_Drive_Road_Colorado_National_Monument.jpg

04. canyonlands-mesa-arch.jpg
    Subject: Mesa Arch at sunrise, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
    Credit: Thomas Wolf / www.foto-tw.de
    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesa_Arch_Canyonlands_sunrise.jpg

05. canyonlands-needles.jpg
    Subject: Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
    Credit: brewbooks
    License: CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Needles_District,_Canyonlands_National_Park_-_Flickr_-_brewbooks_(4).jpg

06. natural-bridges-owachomo.jpg
    Subject: Owachomo Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
    Credit: Pretzelpaws
    License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (also GFDL)
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Owachomo_bridge.jpg

07. goosenecks-san-juan.jpg
    Subject: San Juan River at Goosenecks State Park, Utah
    Credit: Chesley Chen
    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goosenecks_State_Park,_San_Juan_River,_Utah.JPG

08. navajo-national-monument-betatakin.jpg
    Subject: Betatakin Cliff Dwellings, Navajo National Monument, Arizona
    Credit: Jon Sullivan
    License: Public domain / CC0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Betatakin_Cliff_Dwellings.jpg

09. horseshoe-bend.jpg
    Subject: Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River, Arizona
    Credit: Thomas Wolf / www.foto-tw.de
    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Canyon_Horseshoe_Bend_(crop_1).jpg

10. navajo-bridge-marble-canyon.jpg
    Subject: Colorado River and Navajo Bridges in Marble Canyon near Lees Ferry, Arizona
    Credit: Ian Daniel Brown; Commons retouch by Glabb removed people
    License: CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passing_Navajo_bridge.jpg

11. grand-canyon-desert-view.jpg
    Subject: Colorado River viewed from Desert View area, Grand Canyon, Arizona
    Credit: Daniel Mayer
    License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (also GFDL)
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colorado_River_from_Desert_View-1000px.jpeg

12. lake-mead-hoover-dam.jpg
    Subject: Lake Mead viewed from Hoover Dam
    Credit: APK
    License: CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Mead_at_Hoover_Dam_-_2.jpg

13. black-canyon-colorado-river.jpg
    Subject: Black Canyon and Colorado River below Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada border
    Credit: Ken Lund
    License: CC BY-SA 2.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Canyon,_Colorado_River_from_Hoover_Dam,_Lake_Mead_National_Recreation_Area,_Arizona-Nevada_Border_(2639411797).jpg

14. lake-havasu-london-bridge.jpg
    Subject: London Bridge on the Colorado River at Lake Havasu City, Arizona
    Credit: Lómelinde
    License: Public domain
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Havasu_City_-_London_Bridge.jpg

15. bill-williams-river-refuge.jpg
    Subject: Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona
    Credit: Genevieve Johnson, Bureau of Reclamation / Desert LCC
    License: CC BY 2.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_Williams_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge_(33721976014).jpg

16. kofa-palm-canyon.jpg
    Subject: Palm Canyon, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona
    Credit: Chris M Morris
    License: CC BY 2.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palm_Canyon_(4313302184).jpg

17. yuma-ocean-to-ocean-bridge.jpg
    Subject: Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge, historic Colorado River crossing at Yuma, Arizona
    Credit: Marine 69-71
    License: CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yuma-Ocean_to_Ocean_Bridge-1923-1.jpg

ROUTE MAP
colorado-river-route-overview.svg — Beyond the Destination Tours geographic traveler-orientation map showing the Denver-to-Yuma journey and the Colorado River corridor across Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.

BRANDING
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TRAVEL CONDITIONS
Before departure, BTDT confirms current road, park, Tribal, weather, water, reservation, wildfire, smoke, and vehicle conditions. Optional experiences can add time and distance.