Top of the Rockies

National Scenic Byway 114 mi in Colorado.

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

About the Top of the Rockies

With altitudes seldom dipping below 9,000 feet, this byway earns its name. Visit historic mining railroad towns en route to historic Leadville, the highest incorporated community in the U.S. Old mining camps attest to the state's rich mining heritage. The route crosses the Continental Divide twice and traces the Arkansas River.

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 roadLost Man Campground · Forest Service
on the roadWeller Campground · Forest Service
on the roadParry Peak · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
on the roadParry Peak Campground · Forest Service
on the roadDifficult Campground · Forest Service · 48 sites · reservable
on the roadHornsilver Campground · Forest Service
on the roadLincoln Creek Dispersed Campground · Forest Service
on the roadTwin Peaks (CO) · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
on the roadTwin Peaks Campground · Forest Service
on the roadCamp Hale Memorial · Forest Service · 21 sites · reservable
on the roadWhite Star · Forest Service · 67 sites · reservable
on the roadHomestake Designated Dispersed · Forest Service
on the roadDexter · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
0.6 mi offLakeview Campground · Forest Service · 72 sites · reservable
1.4 mi offPrinter Boy · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
1.4 mi offFather Dyer · Forest Service · 27 sites · reservable
1.6 mi offBaby Doe · Forest Service · 51 sites · reservable
1.6 mi offCamp Hale East Fork Group · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
1.6 mi offMolly Brown · Forest Service · 50 sites · reservable
1.7 mi offBelle of Colorado · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
1.7 mi offBelle of Colorado Campground · Forest Service
1.8 mi offTabor · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
1.9 mi offSilver Dollar · Forest Service · 46 sites · reservable
2.2 mi offPortal Campground · Forest Service
2.4 mi offMatchless · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
2.4 mi offMatchless Campground · Forest Service
2.7 mi offHalfmoon Campground · Forest Service
3.5 mi offKite Lake Campground · Forest Service
3.8 mi offHalfmoon East · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
3.8 mi offHalfmoon East Campground · Forest Service
3.9 mi offHalfmoon West · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
4.4 mi offSilver Bar Campground · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
4.6 mi offSilver Bell Campground · Forest Service · 14 sites · reservable
4.7 mi offElbert Creek · Forest Service · 4 sites · reservable
4.8 mi offDawson Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
4.9 mi offCrescent Mining Camp · Forest Service · 1 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.