Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway
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Lookouts along this byway
5 scenic overlooks in drive order. Every one traces to a real source — OpenStreetMap, an official agency record, or a local who confirmed it. Zero hallucinations.
Parks and public land along this byway
Protected land this corridor runs through, or comes within thirty miles of. Distance is measured to each unit’s official boundary, not its center point, so a road at the entrance reads as the entrance.
Day-trip bases along the way
- Arches National Park · 7 mi
Named places along this byway
Typed places from the atlas within thirty miles of this road, measured to the drawn route. Each one traces to its source record, and each one lists the byways near it in return.
Cliffs
Attractions
Natural arches
Should you drive this today?
How long
An estimate from the route’s length and pace, not a routed time: about 1–2 hours of driving. With the stops below at a comfortable pace, plan on about 2–8 hours — a day with stops, not a straight drive.
The stops worth making
- Matrimony SpringHours uncertain right now
- Dewey Cave HomeHours uncertain right now
- Moose ParkHours uncertain right now
- Dewey Suspension BridgeHours uncertain right now
- Lions ParkHours uncertain right now
- Huntress ArchHours uncertain right now
- Updraft ArchHours uncertain right now
Light timing
Sunset around 6:50 PM along this route today, with golden hour starting around 6:15 PM.
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