Planning Your Summer Road Trip
Are you interested in exploring our beautiful state, but not sure where to go? The Colorado Tourism Office offers a great website to help you …
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Colorado’s National Parks and Monuments
As you plan your summer travels, you may be interested in visiting some of the National Parks and other sites designated for preservation by the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park
This year marks the 105th anniversary of Rocky Mountain National Park, as well as the 115th anniversary of the original platting of its gateway resort …
Time Machine Tuesday: The Santa Fe Trail
During the nineteenth century the Santa Fe Trail played an important role in the westward expansion of the United States. Both a trade route and …
Colorado Bicycling Map
What are the best — and most scenic — roads for bicycling in Colorado? To find out, view the Colorado Bicycle & Byways Map from …
Time Machine Tuesday: Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Sheer cliffs, deep chasms, and dark shadows make the 2,000-foot-deep Black Canyon of the Gunnison one of Colorado’s most spectacular natural wonders, and twenty years …
Planning Your Summer Vacation?
It’s Memorial Day weekend, which many people consider to be the unofficial beginning of summer. Even though the weather has been more like winter than …
Where to Go to See Fall Colors
“Leaf peeping season” has arrived. Where are the best places to go to view Colorado’s colorful aspens? For suggestions on Colorado’s most colorful state parks, …
Time Machine Tuesday: The History of Colorado’s Highways
Today we take for granted the fact that highways can take us pretty much anywhere we want to go. But in the first half of …
All About Pikes Peak
Without a doubt, it’s Colorado’s most famous mountain. And while it’s neither the tallest mountain in Colorado nor the most difficult to scale, Pikes Peak …
Sights and Sounds of Autumn
It’s officially fall, which can be a great time to head outdoors. It’s still warm enough to hike, and in the high country the fall …
Rockfall Mitigation Video
How does the state transportation department (CDOT) clean up the roadways after a major rockfall? CDOT has created a video to show you. Just shy of …
Fabulous Fall Foliage Drives
It’s official — today is the first day of fall, and it’s time to head to the high country to view the brilliant colors …
Visit the Byways with Books
In honor of Colorado Day, tomorrow, August 1, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Scenic and Historic Byways program is “encouraging tourists to supplement their byway …
Royal Gorge Re-opening
In June 2013, a devastating wildfire destroyed most of the buildings in the Royal Gorge Park and damaged some of the famous suspension bridge’s wooden planks. (See …
Colorado Byways Mobile App
Next time you travel aroud the state by car, be sure to download the new Colorado Scenic Byways Guide mobile app, available now from the Colorado …
Dinosaur National Monument
On this day 97 years ago, October 4, 1915, Dinosaur National Monument in western Colorado and eastern Utah was established. Dinosaur National Monument is so named …
Colorado’s Scenic Highway of Legends
Colorado has 25 scenic & historic byways, drives highlighted for their special beauty and history. One of these is Colorado 12, the Scenic Highway of …
Scenic & Historic Byways
Colorado has 25 scenic and historic “byways,” routes designated for their extra-special scenery or historical value. The Colorado Dept. of Transportation oversees the byways program, …