Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway
National Scenic Byway 89 mi in Colorado.
About the Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway
Mirroring the paths of Zebulon Pike, Charles Goodnight, Juan Bautista de Anza, Arthur Carhart, and Cuerno Verde, Frontier Pathways showcases rugged mountains, carpets of wildflowers, piñon-dotted foothills, and clusters of golden aspen. Visitors can experience the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- 22 peaks over 13,000 feet.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, Colorado State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadLake Isabel Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- on the roadSouthside Campground · Forest Service
- on the roadOphir Creek Campground (CO) · Forest Service · 31 sites · reservable
- on the roadMingus Ranch · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- on the roadLa Vista Campground - Lake Isabel · Forest Service · 31 sites · reservable
- on the roadSouthside Campground - Lake Isabel · Forest Service · 8 sites · reservable
- 0.8 mi offSt Charles Campground - Lake Isabel · Forest Service · 15 sites · reservable
- 1.3 mi offDavenport Campground · Forest Service · 12 sites · reservable
- 1.4 mi offSpruce Group - Lake Isabel · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- 1.4 mi offPonderosa Group - Lake Isabel · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- 2.2 mi offLake Pueblo State Park · State park · 400 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.