Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway

National Scenic Byway 62 mi in Colorado.

Find camping along it Drive to one end Byway page on America's Byways

About the Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway

This playground in the sky climbs from the rugged Plateau Canyon floor to the cool evergreen mesa forests, 11,000 feet up. Featured are hundreds of sparkling lakes, wildflower meadows and forests of shimmering aspen and pine. Take a side trip to Lands End Overlook where the Grand Valley unfolds below.

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, National Forest Scenic Byway.

Camping along the byway

on the roadJumbo Campground · Forest Service · 26 sites · reservable
on the roadCobbett Lake · Forest Service · 20 sites · reservable
on the roadSpruce Grove (CO) · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
on the roadLittle Bear · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
on the roadBlack Bear Cabin at Mesa Lakes (CO) · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
on the roadIsland Lake Campground · Forest Service · 32 sites · reservable
on the roadMoose Manor Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
on the roadWard Lake · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
2.5 mi offCottonwood Lake (CO) · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
2.7 mi offCrag Crest · Forest Service · 4 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.

Every byway in Colorado Byways by state Colorado on the camping map

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.