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Leadville, Colorado
Altitude: 10135 feet
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Leadville, Colorado, is a city in Lake County, Colorado, situated at an elevation of 10,152 feet (3094 m). A former silver mining camp that lies near the headwaters of the Arkansas River in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the city includes the Leadville Historic District, which preserves many historic structures and sites from Leadville's dynamic mining era. This is where Top of the Rockies Byway starts from. The Byway crosses the Continental Divide twice and traces the Arkansas River. Byway branches out in three different directions from Leadville, Colorado.
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1.0
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McWethy Drive
Altitude: 9967 feet
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McWethy Drive, Turquoise Lake Road, Sugar Loafing Campground located near Turquoise Lake, Turquoise Lake, a lake located west of Leadville, Colorado. Ice-Fishing is popular in Turquoise Lake during winter.
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3.4
(200.7) |
2.1
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Lake County Airport
Altitude: 9793 feet
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Lake County Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located just off United States Highway #24.
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6.2
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3.9
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State Route #300
Altitude: 9554 feet
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State Route #300, Leadville National Fish Hatchery, Colorado
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9.7
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6.0
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Crystal Lake
Altitude: 9449 feet
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Crystal Lake, Colorado, located on the Arkansas River Basin, along United States Highway #24, Road to Lake County Airport, Colorado
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7.3
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County Road 52/Empire Valley Drive
Altitude: 9341 feet
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County Road 52/Empire Valley Drive, Beaver Lake Estates, Beaver Lakes, located off byway Top of the Rockies, Colorado
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17.3
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10.8
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Hayden Ranch
Altitude: 9186 feet
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Hayden Ranch, a historic ranch, Hayden Ranch interpretive signage, located along the United States Highway #24 on Arkansas River Basin, Colorado
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24.0
(180.1) |
14.9
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Junction
Altitude: 9055 feet
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Junction State Highway #82, Here Byway Top of the Rockies switches over its run on State Highway #82 and turns west towards Twin Lakes, Colorado. Community of Granite, Colorado, Community of Princeton, Colorado lie on United States Highway #24 south of here.
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17.3
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Twin Lakes
Altitude: 9304 feet
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Twin Lakes Reservoir, a reservoir located on Byway Top of the Rockies, Colorado. Twin Lake Campsite, Mount Elbert is viewed at the back drop of the Twin Lakes Reservoir.
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30.5
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19.0
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Access to Twin Lakes
Altitude: 9341 feet
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Access to Twin Lakes Reservoir, South Trail to Mount Elbert, Cellegiatte Peaks, Colorado
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34.4
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21.4
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Twin Lakes, Colorado
Altitude: 9229 feet
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Twin Lakes, Colorado, a town located in Lake County, Colorado, where Twin Lakes Reservoir is located. This is where the Twin Lakes leg of the Byway Top of the Rockies, end.
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69.4
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43.1
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Healy House Museum
Altitude: 10177 feet
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Healy House Museum, is now a Colorado State Historic Site and is operated as a Victorian era museum by the state, together with Dexter Cabin. The two are located within the Leadville Historic District, which is itself a National Historic Landmark.
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70.3
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43.7
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Leadville North, Colorado
Altitude: 10171 feet
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Mountain View Drive, Leadville North, Colorado, a community in Lake County, Colorado. Turquoise Lake,
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71.0
(133.1) |
44.1
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Junction
Altitude: 10148 feet
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Junction of United States Highway #24 and State Highway #91, both routes are part of the Byway Top of the Rockies, Colorado.
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73.2
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45.5
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Trail Road
Altitude: 9948 feet
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A Trail Road at Tennessee Pass on United States Highway #24 in Colorado
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74.6
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46.4
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Leadville Army Airfield
Altitude: 9948 feet
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Leadville Army Airfieldd is an abandoned World War II airfield located along United States Highway #24 north west of Leadville, Colorado.
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49.2
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County Road 21
Altitude: 9951 feet
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County Road 21, Morton Lake,
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85.0
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52.8
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Tennessee Pass Road
Altitude: 10440 feet
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Tennessee Pass Road, Cooper Loop, Ski Cooper, a ski resort located near the Tennessee Pass, Colorado. Tennessee Pass, is high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in the United States. The pass traverses the continental divide north of Leadville in a gap between the northern end of the Sawatch Range to the west and the northern end of the Mosquito Range to the east. It connects the headwaters of the Arkansas River to the south with the upper valley of the Eagle River (in the watershed of the Colorado River) to the north. The pass connects Leadville and Interstate 70 in the Eagle Valley by U.S Highway #24. The summit of the pass is the location of Ski Cooper, a ski area in the San Isabel National Forest, Colorado.
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89.8
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55.8
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Mitchel, Colorado
Altitude: 9839 feet
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Jones Gulch Road, Community of Mitchel, Colorado
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104.9
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Redcliff , Colorado
Altitude: 8727 feet
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Red Cliff, Colorado, is a town located in Eagle County, Colorado, The town is a former mining camp, situated in the canyon of the upper Eagle River just off United States Highway #24 north of Tennessee Pass. Red Cliff Bridge is an arch bridge near Vail, Colorado that carries U.S. Highway 24 over the Eagle River. This Bridge is listed on the Register of Historic Places.
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67.8
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Gilman, Colorado
Altitude: 8973 feet
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Gilman is an abandoned mining town in Eagle County, Colorado.
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113.2
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70.3
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Tigiwon Road
Altitude: 8087 feet
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Tigiwon Road, Minturn Aquaduct, Bolts Lake,
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118.1
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73.4
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Minturn, Colorado
Altitude: 7835 feet
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Minturn, Colorado, is a community in Eagle County, located on United States Highway #24,
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119.8
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74.4
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Minturn, Colorado
Altitude: 7792 feet
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At the Junction of United States Highway #24 with Interstate Highway #70 near Minturn, Colorado ends this branch of the Byway Top of the Rockies from Leadville, Colorado.
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176.8
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109.9
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Birdseye, Colorado
Altitude: 10240 feet
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Birdseye, Colorado,
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112.8
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Fremont Pass
Altitude: 10531 feet
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Fremont Pass, is a high mountain pass situated at an elevation of 11,318 ft. in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The pass provides a route between the upper valley of the Blue River (a tributary of the Colorado River, with the headwaters of the Arkansas River to the south.
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Climax Molybdenum Mine
Altitude: 11316 feet
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Climax Molybdenum Mine, this Mine is located at the summit of the Fremont Pass at Climax, Colorado.
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187.8
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116.7
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Road Access
Altitude: 11217 feet
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Road Access to Buffehr Lake, Chalk Mountain Reservoir, Robinson Lake, at Climax, Colorodo.
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188.4
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117.1
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Climax, Colorado
Altitude: 11161 feet
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Climax, Colorado, a community located in Summit County, Colorado on State Highway #91 at Fremont Pass on the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
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190.7
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118.5
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Robinson Lake
Altitude: 11237 feet
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Robinson Lake, Robinson Tailing Pond, located just off State Highway #91, Colorado at Fremont Pass.
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193.0
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119.9
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Clinton Lake
Altitude: 11086 feet
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Clinton Gulch Dam Reservoir on Fremont Pass,
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194.8
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121.0
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Mayflower Gulch trailhead
Altitude: 10988 feet
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Old State Highway #91, Mayflower Gulch, Mayflower Gulch trailhead, Ten Mile Range, located off State Highway #91, near Copper Mountain and Jacque Peak, on the Rocky Mountains, Colorado
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Copper Mountain, Colorado
Altitude: 9708 feet
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Copper Mountain, is a mountain located in Summit County, Colorado, it is a popular ski resort, provides golf and mountain biking activities during the warmer months. The ski area features beginner slopes, intermediate slopes and expert terrain, apart from an advanced "double black diamond" slopes, located on the two peaks above 12,000 feet (Copper and Union Peaks), for expert-only bowls: Copper Bowl, Union Bowl, Spaulding Bowl, and Resolution Bowl. At the Junction of State Highway #91 with Interstate Highway #70 at Wheeler Junction, Colorado, Byway Top of the Rockies end.
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