Destinations · Colorado
Golden
CO · 39.7575, -105.2231
From Golden, Colorado, Byway's registries place 1 scenic byway, 2 public land units and 27 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Understand
Golden is a tourist town in summer and a college town the rest of the year.
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 · 1 mi · national
Public land
Campgrounds
- Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain Fire Lookout · 15 mi
- Cold Springs Campground · 16 mi
- Pickle Gulch Group Campground · 17 mi
- Columbine Campground · 18 mi
- Kelly Dahl Campground · 19 mi
- West Magnolia Trailhead · 20 mi
- Echo Lake Campground · 21 mi
- Gordon Gulch Dispersed Camping Area · 23 mi
Lookouts
- Denver Mountain Parks · 2 mi
- Point of Geological Interest · 4 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 4 mi
- Hawk Watch · 5 mi
Named places
- Golden History Museum · 0 mi
- The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum · 0 mi
- Mines Centennial Bellm · 0 mi
- South Table Mountain · 1 mi
- Colorado School of Mines "M" · 1 mi
- Mount Zion · 1 mi
- Lichen Peak · 1 mi
- Mount Galbraith · 2 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Arvada · 8 mi
- Denver · 12 mi
- Idaho Springs · 15 mi
- Boulder · 18 mi