COME TO LIFE / See America SEE AMERICA h 1 LARIAT LOOP Colorado’s Scenic & Historic Byways Our 26 byways connect the dots between historic sites and majestic scenery from red-rock canyons to the Rocky Mountains to sun-kissed prairie. Drive one of the first routes developed to help Coloradans experience its mountain parks. ROUTE: Connecting the towns of Golden, Morrison, Idledale, Kittredge and Evergreen 7 DINOSAUR DIAMOND Hunt for fossils and footprints made by dinosaurs and rock art left by Fremont Indians. ROUTE: Grand Junction to Rangely over Douglas Pass, through Dinosaur into Utah. 2 TOP OF THE ROCKIES ROUTE: Connecting Leadville, Minturn, Twin Lakes and Copper Mountain Cross the Continental Divide three times on this dramatic mountain route. 8 TRAIL RIDGE ROAD Make your way above treeline through Rocky Mountain National Park. ROUTE: Within the park, between Grand Lake and Estes Park 3 GOLD BELT TOUR 9 GRAND MESA See canyons dotted with the petrified remains of life from 35 million years ago. ROUTE: Between Florissant, Cripple Creek, Victor, Florence and Cañon City Journey atop the world’s largest flattop mountain for wide-open vistas and 300 lakes. ROUTE: Between I-70 and Cedaredge i q FRONTIER PATHWAYS Glimpse relics of frontier life along a route that climbs ever upward. ROUTE: Between the city of Pueblo and the towns of Westcliffe and Colorado City 4 SAN JUAN SKYWAY Behold the multihued San Juans as you travel through silver-boom towns. ROUTE: Connects Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Ridgway, Telluride and Cortez w SANTA FE TRAIL 5 TRAIL OF THE Traverse the famed lifeline between Missouri and Santa Fe traced by 1880s fortune-seekers. ROUTE: From the Kansas state line near Holly, CO, and the New Mexico state line at Raton Pass ANCIENTS Witness the cliff dwellings and petro-glyphs of the Ancestral Puebloans. ROUTE: Connecting the Utah state line near Hovenweep National Monument and the Four Corners (where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet at one point) ortez through the city of Cortez e ALPINE LOOP Guide your 4WD over 1880s roads past wildflower meadows, old mines and ghost towns. R 6 COLORADO RIVER ROUTE: Connecting the towns of Lake City, Ouray and Silverton HEADWATERS Trace one of North America’s mighti-est rivers to the source. ce. ROUTE: Between Rocky ocky Mountain National Park a and State Bridge via mling Granby and Kremmling itineraries on We have even more get you around our website that will of a local — Colorado with the ease many visitors especially to the places Visit don’t even know about! COLORADO.com/FieldGuide. o WANT MORE? VISIT COLORADO.COM/SCENICBYWAYS TO SEE TRAVEL ITINERARIES FOR EACH BYWAY. 70 / COLORADO.COM CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: CRYSTAL MILL ON THE WEST ELK LOOP SCENIC BYWAY, TONY LITSCHEWSKI; THE FRANCISCO FORT MUSEUM IN LA VETA, MILES/ANNA ZOROMSK ZOROMSKI; GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, LAURENCE PARENT
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