Destinations · Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park
CO · 40.3333, -105.7089
Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road and Colorado River Headwaters are 2 of 3 signed byways within 30 miles of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Understand
Evidence of Native American peoples visiting the park date back almost 10,000 years, mainly from the Ute and Arapaho communities. Several expeditions visited the area in the early to mid-19th century, including one by Joel Estes in 1859 after which he and his family established a homestead that would soon become Estes Park, the resort town on the east side of the park. After a small mining rush on the western side of the park in the early 1880s, a 14-year-old named Enos Mills moved to the area and began to document the region's geography and ecology extensively through essays and books.
The same roads run past Estes Park, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Rocky Mountain National Park are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road · 4 mi · national
- Colorado River Headwaters · 8 mi · national
- Cache la Poudre--North Park · 15 mi
National parks
- Rocky Mountain National Park · inside
Public land
Campgrounds
- Glacier Basin Campground · 6 mi
- Moraine Park Campground · 6 mi
- Aspenglen Campground · 8 mi
- Timber Creek Campground · 8 mi
- Longs Peak Campground · 9 mi
- Green Ridge Campground · 11 mi
- Meeker Park Overflow Campground · 11 mi
- Grandview Campground · 12 mi
Lookouts
- Forest Canyon Overlook · 4 mi
- Many Parks Curve · 6 mi
- Rock Cut · 6 mi
- Mushroom Rocks · 6 mi
Named places
- Rocky Mountain National Park · 0 mi
- Gabletop Mountain · 0 mi
- Knobtop Mountain · 1 mi
- Little Matterhorn · 1 mi
- Castle Rock · 1 mi
- The Gable · 1 mi
- Notchtop Mountain · 1 mi
- Grace Falls · 1 mi
A day out of Rocky Mountain National Park, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Rocky Mountain National Park.
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Estes Park · 10 mi