Silver Thread Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway
National Scenic Byway 116 mi in Colorado. Signed as Silver Thread Scenic Byway.
About the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway
The Silver Thread Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway is known for its incredible contributions to the nation’s silver mining boom as well as for some of the country’s most notorious outlaws. This byway provides important access to the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and intersects the Old Spanish Trail. Today, this byway still acts as a reminder that this road not only winds up toward the sky, but also back in time.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: Colorado State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 2 · 1.2 mi offStevens Creek Campground · National Park Service · 55 sites · reservable
- Mile 3 · 4.4 mi offEast Elk Creek Group Campsite · National Park Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 3 · 4.5 mi offElk Creek Campground · National Park Service · 153 sites · reservable
- Mile 25 · 1.9 mi offRed Bridge Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 29 · on the roadThe Gate Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 55 · on the roadSlumgullion Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 56 · 2.1 mi offDeer Lakes (CO) · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
- Mile 71 · 0.8 mi offNorth Clear Creek Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 72 · on the roadSilver Thread Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 73 · on the roadBristol Head Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 74 · 1.3 mi offCrooked Creek Dispersed Area · Forest Service
- Mile 75 · 4.1 mi offRoad Canyon Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 83 · 3.6 mi offIvy Creek Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 86 · on the roadRio Grande Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 88 · on the roadMarshall Park · Forest Service · 15 sites · reservable
- Mile 107 · 4.4 mi offHansen Mill Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 107 · on the roadPalisade Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 115 · 1.7 mi offAlder Guard Station · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 116 · 4.0 mi offHighway Springs Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 116 · 4.1 mi offLower Beaver Creek Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 116 · 4.8 mi offUpper Beaver Creek Campground · Forest Service
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.