Mesa County Geography

Located on the western border of Colorado, 250 miles west of Denver, is Mesa County. The County, one of the sixty-four counties in Colorado, encompasses 3,309 square miles, of which approximately 72% is public owned and is controlled primarily by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The County seat, the City of Grand Junction, is the largest city in Western Colorado. The Grand Junction area serves as the banking center, health care service provider and retail trade center for a large geographical area in western Colorado and eastern Utah.