- Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park Located near Montrose, CO TRAVEL BASICS - CAMPING - LODGING ACTIVITIES - FACILITIES - FEES/PERMITS Black Canyon near Pulpit Rock photo by Lisa Lynch IN BRIEF The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock. No other canyon in ...www.nps.gov/blca