Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road
All-American Road 54 mi in Colorado.
About the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road
Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road is America's highest continuously paved road. Overlooks present peaks ranging from 12,000 to over 14,000 feet. Eleven miles of the route roam above tree line in the alpine tundra. Travelers may encounter forms of life and climatic conditions also found at the Arctic Circle.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: Parkway, All-American Road.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 2 · 0.7 mi offRocky Mountain National Park Moraine Park Campground · National Park Service · 258 sites · reservable
- Mile 3 · 2.6 mi offRocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground · National Park Service · 158 sites · reservable
- Mile 3 · 2.7 mi offEast Portal Campground · City, county or regional park · 66 sites · reservable
- Mile 5 · 1.3 mi offMary's Lake Campground · City, county or regional park · reservable
- Mile 6 · 3.5 mi offKruger Equestrian Campground · City, county or regional park · 10 sites
- Mile 6 · 3.6 mi offBobcat Campground · City, county or regional park · 39 sites
- Mile 6 · 3.7 mi offGranite Gulch Campground · City, county or regional park · 5 sites
- Mile 6 · 3.3 mi offHermit's Hollow Campground · City, county or regional park · 42 sites
- Mile 11 · on the roadRocky Mountain National Park Aspenglen Campground · National Park Service · 55 sites · reservable
- Mile 32 · 4.8 mi offLong Draw Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 34 · 4.0 mi offGrandview Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 44 · on the roadRocky Mountain National Park Timber Creek Campground · National Park Service · 99 sites · reservable
- Mile 54 · 3.1 mi offGreen Ridge · Forest Service · 76 sites · reservable
- Mile 54 · 3.4 mi offAA Bar Ranch (AA Barn) Group Picnic Site · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
- Mile 54 · 3.5 mi offBull Mountain Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 54 · 4.6 mi offCutthroat Bay Group · Forest Service · 2 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.