Colorado - Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road

Description: Trail Ridge Road is America's highest continuously paved road. Scenic overlooks offer spectacular views of peaks ranging up to more than 14,000 feet. Eleven miles along the route are above tree line in the alpine tundra.

You can see plants, such as tundra wildflowers, and animals that can also be found at the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia.

Time to Allow: 1/2 day (one way)

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Reproduced with permission from the National Scenic Byways Online: www.byways.org

"The National Scenic Byways Program recognizes highways that are outstanding examples of our nation's beauty, history, culture, and recreational experience by designating them as All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways. The roads being featured were designated by the Secretary of Transportation from nominations submitted by the states and federal land management agencies. These designations provide a compass for people from all over the world to explore America's treasured open roads."