Accessibility

The information about specific facilities and services provided below may help you better plan your visit. If a particular service or issue is not mentioned below, such as alternate formats for print materials, audio description, assistive listening, captions, or physical access to particular facilities, programs or services, please contact the park.

 

Physical Mobility

All overlooks and the Sunset Trail are ADA/ABA-compliant. The park's four overlooks feature accessible parking spaces and paved paths to the overlooks. The Sunset Trail is paved with very gradual inclines and declines along the route.

The entire monument is above 10,000 feet in elevation and could cause some people to experience shortness of breath and/or dizziness.

Service Animals

From ADA.gov: Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA. 

Falsely portraying a pet as a service animal is considered fraud and is subject to federal prosecution. All dogs are allowed on the paved Sunset Trail. For more information about visiting the park with your pet, please visit the Pets page.