Destinations · Colorado
CO · 39.7425, -105.5136
Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway is a signed byway within 30 miles of Idaho Springs, Colorado.
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The most populous settlement in Clear Creek County, Colorado, it was founded in 1859 during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, and sits 7543 feet above sea level, about 30 miles from Denver.
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 97 mi
3 h 41 loop · 5 stops · back by 1:40 PM. Incorporates Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway.
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 280 mi
7 h 58 loop · 6 stops · back by 5:58 PM. Incorporates Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway.
Touches Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, Top of the Rockies, Gold Belt Tour
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Idaho Springs: 4 h, 97 miles, 5 stops; and 8 h, 280 miles, 6 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Fletcher Mountain, Top view, Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway No. 2, Castle Rock and Colorado and Southern Railway No. 60. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.