Destinations · Colorado
Arvada
CO · 39.8002, -105.0815
From Arvada, Colorado, Byway's registries place 1 scenic byway, 2 public land units and 13 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Understand
The first documented discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountain region occurred on June 22, 1850, when Lewis Ralston, a Georgia prospector headed for the California gold fields, dipped his sluice pan into a small stream near its mouth at Clear Creek. Ralston found about 1/4 ounce (6 g) of gold, then worth about five dollars. Ralston's companions named the stream Ralston's Creek in his honor, but the party left the next morning, drawn by the lure of California gold.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway · 9 mi · national
Public land
Campgrounds
- Cold Springs Campground · 22 mi
- Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire Lookout · 23 mi
- Kelly Dahl Campground · 24 mi
- Pickle Gulch Group Campground · 24 mi
- Columbine Campground · 25 mi
- West Magnolia Trailhead · 25 mi
- Gordon Gulch Dispersed Camping Area · 27 mi
- Caribou Dispersed Camping Area · 29 mi
Lookouts
- Jumbo Tron · 9 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 9 mi
- Hawk Watch · 10 mi
- Denver Mountain Parks · 10 mi
Named places
- McIlvoy House · 0 mi
- Inspiration Point · 1 mi
- Logan · 3 mi
- Memorial of the statue · 3 mi
- Memorial of the statue · 3 mi
- WR · 3 mi
- Casa Bonita · 4 mi
- USS Grayling (SS-209) Memorial · 4 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Denver · 6 mi
- Golden · 8 mi
- Boulder · 18 mi
- Idaho Springs · 23 mi