Gain A New Perspective From Grand Junction’s Educational Tower

Where is the best view in Grand Junction, Colorado? Is it from Rim Rock Drive in the Colorado National Monument? From the bridge between Eagle Rim Park and the Butterfly Pond? The terrace at Devil's Kitchen at Maverick Hotel? Someplace else?

One of the highest observation points in Downtown Grand Junction can be found on Ute Avenue, on top of the Sterling T. Smith Educational Tower. Keep scrolling to check out the view from the top.

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Grand Junction's Whitman School Building

Before the Museum of the West moved into the C.D. Smith Building, it used to be found (in part) inside the old Whitman School Building on 4th Street.

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Today, the Whitman School is found on the far Western end of the parking lot at the Museum of the West. It's part of the building with the buffalo mural.

Grand Junction's C.D. Smith Building

C.D. Smith and his family were well known in Western Colorado as the owners of multiple drug stores, the Smith Chemical Company, American Wholesale Company - Grand Junction, and Hygrade Labs. Many of these businesses shared the 45,000 square-foot space between 1936 and 1993.

Climbing the Sterling T Smith Educational Tower

It's a modest $8 for adults and $6 for kids to enter Grand Junction's Museum of the West. Access to the tower requires paid admission. Hopefully, residents may be able to enjoy it for free one day since it really does offer one of the best views of Grand Junction. Storyboards at the top explain the features in each direction.