Sixmile Canyon
  

Directions:  From just inside the north city limits of Sterling take the road going east to Palisade State Park.  After about 1 1/2 miles turn off to the right where there is a sign.  In about 2.8 miles birding along this dirt and gravel road you will reach a good parking area as the canyon broadens out.

Descripton:  The pinyon-juniper habitat of the lower part of the canyon gives way to a more varied area of cottonwoods, scrub oak, river birch and mountain mahgany as the road narrows between the rocky cliffs.  As the canyon  and then eventually to ponderosa pine

     eBird Data:   |  Palisade SP  |  Gunnison Reservoir |  Ninemile Reservoir |
  

Nearby:  Palisade State Park and the Gunnison Reservoir are within 2 1/2  miles of the beginning of Sixmile Canyon road