Full Day Itineraries, Itineraries
Cover some serious ground in one day by traveling along a Colorado Scenic Byway. Lucky for Spanish Peaks Country visitors, two of Colorado's 11 designated scenic byways pass through Huerfano County. Take in the geological wonders of the Highway of Legends, which starts in Trinidad, heads west into Stonewall, and then north into La Veta. Or, breathe in [...] Tags: frontier pathways, Highway of Legends, scenic byway, scenic drive, scenic drives
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Experiences, Scenic Drives
The wishbone-shaped Frontier Pathways Scenic & Historic Byway starts in Pueblo, travels west into Westcliffe/Silver Cliff, and then south into Colorado City. The two-lane highway is 103 miles long and showcases pastoral landscapes, the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, sharp mesas, Hardscrabble Canyon, and the Arkansas River. Once in the San Isabel National Forest, views [...] Tags: scenic byway, scenic drive, silvercliff, westcliffe, wet mountain valley
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Experiences, Scenic Drives
State Highway 12, the Scenic Highway of Legends, ties Walsenburg, La Veta, Cuchara, Stonewall, Trinidad, and Aguilar together with a ribbon of asphalt that journeys through some of the nation’s most beautiful national forests, state parks, wildlife areas, and mountain ranges. Highway 12 was designated a Colorado State Byway in 1987 and a National Forest [...] Tags: Highway of Legends, scenic byway, scenic drive
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