Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, Nature reserve in Montrose County, United States.

Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area is a nature reserve featuring black granite canyons, red sandstone formations, and hills covered with pinon and juniper trees. The landscape includes deep gorges, open badlands, and forested ridges that create varied terrain throughout the region.

Congress established the area as a protected conservation zone in 1999 to safeguard its natural features and resources. This designation also created an officially designated wilderness area within the larger protected landscape.

The gorge lies within the ancestral lands of the Ute people, who used the canyon country of western Colorado long before settlers arrived. The NCA is managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and its designation came through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999.

The area lies near Montrose in west-central Colorado and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Access roads and trailheads are unpaved in places, so check conditions before driving in. Camping is allowed only in designated sites, and fires are restricted to those areas.

The 1999 act set aside 57,725 acres, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison Boundary Revision Act of 2003 enlarged the area to 62,844 acres. The Bureau of Land Management manages it within the National Landscape Conservation System.