Peak to Peak Scenic and Historic Byway
Colorado Scenic Byway 59 mi in Colorado.
About the Peak to Peak Scenic and Historic Byway
Welcome to the showcase of the Front Range. Less than an hour from Denver, Boulder, or Fort Collins, this 55-mile-long route provides matchless views of the Continental Divide and its timbered approaches. The string of popular attractions along the way - Rocky Mountain National Park, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, Eldora Ski Resort - combine recreation with nature preservation. The gravel roads criss-crossing the main highway lead to high-country lakes, trailheads, campgrounds, the Moffat Tunnel's east portal, and ghost towns at Hesse and Apex. Established in 1918 this is Colorado's oldest scenic byway.
Colorado Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. Byway page on codot.gov.
Designations: Colorado State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 3 · 1.7 mi offColumbine Campground · Forest Service · 47 sites · reservable
- Mile 4 · 0.5 mi offPickle Gulch · Forest Service · 7 sites · reservable
- Mile 5 · on the roadCold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt NF (CO) · Forest Service · 43 sites · reservable
- Mile 7 · 2.8 mi offGolden Gate Canyon State Park · State park · 117 sites · reservable
- Mile 15 · on the roadKelly Dahl · Forest Service · 46 sites · reservable
- Mile 25 · 3.0 mi offRainbow Lakes Campground · Forest Service · 18 sites · reservable
- Mile 28 · 2.7 mi offPawnee · Forest Service · 52 sites · reservable
- Mile 36 · on the roadPeaceful Valley · Forest Service · 16 sites · reservable
- Mile 36 · 0.8 mi offCamp Dick · Forest Service · 42 sites · reservable
- Mile 45 · on the roadOlive Ridge · Forest Service · 56 sites · reservable
- Mile 48 · on the roadMeeker Park Overflow Campground · Forest Service · 29 sites · reservable
- Mile 50 · 0.9 mi offRocky Mountain National Park Longs Peak Campground · National Park Service · 27 sites · reservable
- Mile 53 · 2.5 mi offEast Portal Campground · City, county or regional park · 66 sites · reservable
- Mile 53 · 3.2 mi offRocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground · National Park Service · 158 sites · reservable
- Mile 55 · 4.2 mi offRocky Mountain National Park Moraine Park Campground · National Park Service · 258 sites · reservable
- Mile 56 · on the roadMary's Lake Campground · City, county or regional park · reservable
- Mile 57 · 2.0 mi offKruger Equestrian Campground · City, county or regional park · 10 sites
- Mile 57 · 2.1 mi offGranite Gulch Campground · City, county or regional park · 5 sites
- Mile 57 · 2.1 mi offBobcat Campground · City, county or regional park · 39 sites
- Mile 57 · 2.0 mi offHermit's Hollow Campground · City, county or regional park · 42 sites
- Mile 59 · 4.3 mi offRocky Mountain National Park Aspenglen Campground · National Park Service · 55 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; 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.