26
287
385
Wheatland
30
Rawlins
Res. 85
Scotts Bluff NM
Gering
80
25
Bridgeport
130
Harrisburg
Arthur
80
Green River
385
N
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rt
h
P
26
789
80
latte R.
Oshkosh
130 Laramie
191
230
Kimball
Lake
McConaugh
30
Lodgepole Cr
eek
Flaming
Cheyenne
80
Gorge
Sidney
Reservoir
Color
Wyoming
230
great drives with
70
Nebraska Chappell
Ogallala
30 80
Manila
A
ado w
B
elcome Centers:
CD
alamosa, Burlington, Cor
E F G
tez, Dinosaur
230
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, Fort Collins, F
J K
ruita, Julesbur
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g,
M
lamar,
N
red rocks,
O
trinidad
P
L
Big Creek
a
r
a Peetz
Julesburg Res.
Ovid
1
Lake
mie R.
Virginia Dale
Julesburg
Sedgwick
125
Pawnee National Grassland
South Platte
Grant
Glendevey
Livermore
Pawnee
North
138
Crook
Delany Butte
latte R.
Red Feather Lakes
25 85 71 Sterling River Trail
ColoraDo NatioNal parkS
Clark E
lk R. Lake
P
Pioneer
Iliff
N. Walden Res.
Res.
Canadian R. Cache
Walden
La Poudre R. 287
Wellington
Nunn Trails
318
Fleming
13
14 Rustic
G
r
een R.
S
n
ake R.
M
Bellvue
Pierce
Day 1 Arrive Denver. Pick up a Day 5 Cortez. Travel to Cortez and
Cache la Poudre- Fort Collins
14 Sterling
Haxtun
L
i
ttle
i
chigan R.
Ault
14
6
Horsetooth 14
rental car. Explore downtown’s 16th Mesa Verde National Park, a World
2
Dinosaur NM
North Park
Maybell
Craig
40
Hayden
Res. Timnath
Steamboat Springs
Eaton 392
Holyoke 6 Imperial
Vernal
Trail Ridge Road
Boyd
Windsor Merino
Street Mall, with its plethora of Heritage Site and home of the
Y
ampa R.
Lake
14 Drake
shops and outdoor restaurants. nation’s best collection of Ancestral
Loveland
Greeley
Jackson 52 Prewitt Res.
76
F
renchman Cr
40
Rocky 34
Res.
Estes Park
Riverside
Carter
eek
Puebloan cliff dwellings.
Johnstown
Evans
Kersey
13
131 125 Mountain NP
Milliken
Res.
Lake La Salle 34 Log Lane
P
latte R.Hilrose
Village
Day 2 Colorado Springs. Travel
G
r
een R.
M
Dinosaur
Oak Creek
o
7
25
385
South
rrison Cr Grand Lake
36
Berthoud Gilcrest Empire
P
l
atte R.
Brush
59
and Lyons
Milton Res.
south to the Pikes Peak Region, Day 6 Grand Junction. North to
3
Stagecoach
Gr
85
White R. Flat Tops Trail
Res.
Lake Lake
Allenspark
Mead
Res.
which is known for its majestic Montrose and visit the Black
Hot Sulphur
South 34
eek Granby
66
Wiggins
Peak to Peak
Platteville 76
Fort Morgan Akron Otis
64
64 Yuma
Yampa
Springs
72
Longmont
Frederick Eckley 34
134
Highway Jamestown Fort Lupton
beauty and attractions: Garden of Canyon of the Gunnison N
White R.
ational
Rangely Meeker
Bear R.
Kremmling
Granby
287 52
52
52
Benkelman
the Gods, US Air Force Academy, Park. Return to Montrose and drive
Parshall
Ward
Boulder
40
119 7 Lafayette Brighton 63
Wray
Trappers
131 Williams Fork
Pikes Peak Cog Railway. north-west to Grand Junction, home
9 Res. Fraser
Nederland
Louisville
Lake
Bond Colorado
36
Broomfield
Green Mtn. Winter Park
of Colorado National Monument. 4
Color
ado R.
River Res.
Rollinsville
71
72 Northglenn
79 61
13
State Bridge
Headwaters Black Hawk
93 Arvada Thornton
Day 3 Alamosa. South to
B
l
ue R. Central City 76
270 Henderson
Saint Francis
Atwood
119
Walsenburg, west on US Hwy 160 Day 7 Estes Park. Travel east on I-70
Rio Blanco
Empire
Golden
40 Denver
Bennett
Strasburg
Last Chance Anton
139
9
Idaho Springs
36
36
Ar
ikar
ee R.
to Alamosa and the Great Sand to Highway 40 and then north to
Eagle
70
Lakewood
6 Aurora
Greenwood Village
G
r
een R.
Silver
Cope
Idalia
Georgetown
Englewood
Byers Joes
Avon
Silverthorne
Dillon Plume
74
Bonny
225
470 70 Res.
Dunes National Park & Preserve. Grand Lake, the western entrance
Dinosaur
Silt
New Castle 70 Gypsum Edwards Vail Evergreen
Morrison
Keystone
Littleton Kirk
121
These dunes rise over 700ft (213m) to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Diamond Rifle
Minturn
Deer Trail
U tah
70 Guanella
Mount
Lariat 285 Highlands Ranch
5
59
Parachute
Colo
rado R. Glenwood Springs
Beaver Frisco
Creek
Pass Evans
Loop
Conifer 85 25 Parker
against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Take Trail Ridge Road (open May
Red Cliff Copper
Agate
Mountains. to October), the highest highway
Battlement
82 Mtn
Breckenridge
Grant
Shawnee
Pine
P
l
atte R.
Sedalia
Franktown Fo
rk
R
epublican R.
Colby
Mesa
Carbondale
Basalt Ruedi Res.
Top of the
91 285
Bailey South Elizabeth South
in North America; exit east side of
De Beque
Goodland
Rockies
Climax
F
Castle Rock
Cherr
Kiowa 70
24
70
r
ying Alma T
y C
a Arriba Flagler
Seibert
Bethune
Geno
Vona
Day 4 Durango. West on Hwy 160 park at Estes Park.
Collbran
Snowmass
Turquoise Deckers re 86
Stratton
Loma
Vega Res.
Village pan R.
e
rr
yall Cr
to Durango. Ride the Durango &
70
eek
6
65 Aspen
Lake
Fairplay
ek
eek Larkspur
Limon
Burlington
Fruita
P
lateau Cr
Leadville
Redstone
67 83
Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Day 8 Return to Denver. Perhaps
9
Simla
82
Twin South P
Hugo
Palisade Mesa
Grand Mesa
133 Lakes Palmer Lake
385
an authentic, turn-of-the-century, make a side trip to Red Rocks Park
Monument
Ramah
Colorado NM
Grand
Clifton Marble
Twin
A
latte R.
r
kansas R.
Antero
Lakes
24 Calhan
steam-powered train. & Amphitheatre. Junction
65 Paonia
Res.
Res.
Lake George
Woodland Park
Black
40
Res. Florissant Green Mtn Falls
Forest
40
70
Cedaredge
Divide Chipita Park
unnison R.Somerset
Eleven Mile
G
Crested Butte
Falcon
Canyon Res.
Florissant
tour thE FroNt raNgE
u
Cascade
Punkin Center
7
nnison R.
Fossil Beds
Arches NP
Orchard City N.
F
or
k G
Paonia
Buena Vista
Aroya
West
Taylor
NM
Manitou Springs Colorado Springs
94
Cheyenne Wells Sharon Springs
141 92
Hotchkiss
Park Res. Collegiate
9
191 Nathrop
67 Gold
Security
Rush
Day 1 Arrive Denver. Pick up a Lake and cross the Continental
r
a
do R.
Elk
135
Peaks
Belt
Colo
Gateway Delta
Crawford
Cripple Creek
Loop T
a
ylor R. F
Tour
ountain Cr
Kit Carson
rental car; visit some of the city’s Divide via Trail Ridge Road
D
U
o
n
Almont Victor
Fountain
l
o
compahg Black Canyon of
24
r
fascinating museums, such as the (open May to October). Look for
e
s R.
Olathe
the Gunnison NP
115
Moab
Gunnison
Denver Art Museum or Colorado elk, moose, bald eagles and other
Salida
Fort Carso
eek
n
r
G
e
u 92
R
nnison R.
i
Cañon
v
History Museum. wildlife.
8
Unaweep-Tabeguache
e
r Monarch
Poncha Springs Eads
Tribune
Leoti
96
Montrose
50 City
96
Haswell
96
Blue Mesa
A
rkansas R.
Uravan
50 Res.
Florence
96 Great Plains
Day 2 Hot Sulphur Springs. Head Day 4 Boulder. Less than an hour’s
Cotopaxi
Pueblo West
71
69
Res. System
Nee Noshe
Res. 385
Kan sas
Nucla
90
Rockvale
Pueblo Res.
Lake
Adobe Creek
west on I-70, then north-west drive south-east to Boulder, a
Avondale Boone
Canyonlands NP
San M
Res.
96
Ordway
Henry Nee Grande
Arkansas R.
Sugar City
Res.
on Highway 40 to Hot Sulphur university town. Take in the upbeat Naturita
iguel R.
149
96
145
eek 114
Pueblo
Olney Springs
Lake
Wiley
Ridgway
Horse Creek Res.
Springs, which derives its name atmosphere along Pearl Street Mall.
9
Villa
96
Meredith
Westcliffe
Crowley
A Hasty
Hartman
Norwood
Grove
Silver Cliff 165
les R.
rkansas R.
50
Char Fowler
Las Animas
196
62
from the area’s natural hot mineral
141
Ouray
Lake City Silver Thread
Saguache
Manzanola
Holly
John
waters. Day 5 Return to Denver. Check
145
Cochetopa Cr Moffat
Beulah H
u
er
fano R.
St
.
Rocky Ford
Swink
Bent's Old
Lamar
Martin
Granada
Frontier
Fort NHS
Res.
Syracuse
out the many restaurants and
Telluride
285
69
Pathways
Colorado City
50
Monticello
Rye
La Junta
Day 3 Estes Park. Enter Rocky microbreweries in vibrant lower
Creede
17
Lakin
145 Alpine Loop H
10 89
Mountain National Park via Grand downtown, ‘LoDo.’ 10
Dove Creek Silverton
Great Sand
uerfan
287
149 Center Dunes NP o R. Muddy Creek
112
Hooper
Cucharas
350
Santa Fe Res.
666 Rico
550 Rio Grande
69 Res. Trail
ExplorE thE South-wESt
D
olor
South Fork
Mosca
es R.
Pleasant
Del Norte
Walsenburg
Monte Vista Two Buttes
Johnson Ulysses
Natural Bridges NM View
160 150
Day 1
McPhee
La
as R.
116
Arrive Denver. Pick up Day 4 Ouray. Travel south on Res.
Veta
Dolores
C
uchar Thatcher
Hovenweep NM
San Juan
a rental car. With Denver’s Highway 550 to charming Ouray
11
,
Skyway
Alamosa
160
Fort
e R.
Lemon Vallecito
Canyons of the Res. Lake a R.
Rio
Blanca
Garland
Aguilar Springfield 160
parks, museums and world-class home of a giant hot springs pool, Ancients NM Cortez
Mancos Piedr
Platoro
G P
urgatoir
Res. rande a C
re
ek
159
Cuchara
Model
restaurants, there’s so much to do in Box Canyon Falls and a nifty
Trail of the
160 285
Trincher
Los Caminos
Res. Pritchett
Vilas
Walsh
Durango
the Mile-High City.
Ancients
downtown filled with gift shops,
Chimney
La Jara
25
La Jara
Gulnare
San Jaun R. Hesperus
Antiguos
160 Mesa Verde NP Rock
Pagosa Conejos R.
Res.
Sanford
Highway of Kim
outdoor restaurants and great jeep
Towaoc
Springs
San Luis
Bayfield Romeo
Legends
142 12
Hugoton
41 Weston
160
Day 2 Gunnison. Travel south tours to old mines.
M
ancos R.
140
172
163
12
151 Conejos
Manassa
Trinidad
Ignacio
uan R. 84
Campo
on Hwy 285 to Hwy 50 west
17
159 56
San J
Antonito Starkville
Elkhart
to Gunnison. Visit the Pioneer Days 5 Telluride. Continue on to
160
Museum with its narrow-gauge Telluride via Highway 550 north,
Scenic & Histo
S
r
c
i
e
c
n
B
ic
y
&
w

a
H
y
istoric Byway
Raton
Cimm
aron
R.
train, admire 19th-century Arizona
www.coloradob
National Park/Monument
Navajo
to Highway 62 west, then on to
wywwa.ycso.lorragdobyways.org
National Park/Monument
Aztec Ruins NM
Aztec
Reservoir New Mexico Oklahoma
64
buildings on historic Main Street Highway 145, heading east. Take
285
Capulin Volcano NM
64
522
64
or seek out area ghost towns, the free gondola from historic dwellings. East toward Durango, to Interstate 25 to overnight Tierra Amarilla
Boise City
Rio
remnants from the silver-mining downtown – where Butch Cassidy home of the Durango & Silverton in Colorado Springs, home to Guymon
r
G
nadian R.
boom. robbed his first bank – to the Narrow Gauge Railroad. Garden of the Gods, US Olympic
ande C
a
522
191
European-style Mountain Village. Center, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
64 64
Day 3 Montrose. Head west on Day 8 Pagosa Springs. Head east on and in nearby Manitou Springs, 84
Taos
Clayton
54
Highway 50 toward Montrose Days 6 & 7 Durango. Travel south Highway 160 to Pagosa Springs to Pikes Peak Cog Railway.
385
Stratford
Te xas
to explore Black Canyon of the on Highway 145 and follow the soothe weary muscles by soaking
56 Corrizo
Abiquiu
Gunnison National Park. Hold San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway in steamy, natural mineral waters. Day 11 Return to Denver. For gifts
Reservoir
Cr
eek
87
Canyon de Chelly NM C Spearman
tight to the railing as you peer south to Cortez, then east on and souvenirs, stop by Cherry Creek
a
nadian R.
666 287
down a canyon that descends 2,722 Highway 160. Stop at Mesa Days 9 & 10 Colorado Springs. Shopping District, with department
Chaco Culture NHP Dalhart
ft (830m) below. Verde National Park, with its cliff North-east on Highway 160 stores as well as unique boutiques.
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