Montrose, CO

Montrose is the most populous municipality of Montrose County, Colorado. he city population was 20,291 at the 2020 United States Census and a total area of 18.4 square miles.[8] The main road that leads in and out of Montrose is U.S. Highway 50. The town is in western Colorado, in the Uncompahgre Valley and is an economic, labor, and transportation waypoint for the surrounding recreation industry. It is also the home of a few major engineering projects, namely the Gunnison Tunnel. Montrose is in the south end of the Uncompahgre valley, and is built on the Uncompahgre River, which runs to the north, where 60 miles further its waters will join the Colorado River. It is surrounded by, to the north, the widening Uncompahgre Valley and the Grand Mesa, to the east, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, to the south, the San Juan Mountains, and to the west the Uncompahgre Plateau. The valley is arid and is only arable due to the water from the Gunnison Tunnel and Ridgway Reservoir.