Colorado Off the Beaten Path

6 days / 1789 miles / 36 hours 49 minutes

"The vast sand dunes, ancient Native American ruins, and the splendor of the Rockies blend with memories of mining camps, pioneers, and the Santa Fe Trail." - Off the Beaten Path by Reader's Digest

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Day 1
- Denver
- 9:00 am - 16.0 miles / 24 minutes - 9:25 am
  6. Colorado Railroad Museum
- 10:25 am - 2.0 miles / 4 minutes - 10:30 am
  8. Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum
- 11:30 am - 83.5 miles / 2 hours 15 minutes - 1:46 pm
  2. Trail Ridge Road - Rocky Mountain National Park
- 2:46 pm - 108.9 miles / 2 hours 7 minutes - 4:54 pm
  Wyndham Steamboat Springs
Day 2
- Wyndham Steamboat Springs
- 9:00 am - 19.1 miles / an hour 4 minutes - 10:05 am
  1. Mount Zirkel Wilderness, Routt National Forest
- 1:05 pm - 101.8 miles / 2 hours 50 minutes - 3:56 pm
  5. Sylvan Lake State Park
- 4:56 pm - 68.0 miles / an hour 19 minutes - 6:16 pm
  4. Rifle Gap and Rifle Falls State Park
- 7:16 pm - 66.2 miles / an hour 4 minutes - 8:21 pm
  Comfort Inn Grand Junction
Day 3
- Comfort Inn Grand Junction
- 9:00 am - 12.5 miles / 13 minutes - 9:14 am
  9. Dinosaur Journey
- 10:14 am - 19.4 miles / 37 minutes - 10:52 am
  10. Colorado National Monument
- 12:52 pm - 73.9 miles / an hour 39 minutes - 2:32 pm
  11. Ute Indian Museum
- 3:32 pm - 148.2 miles / 3 hours 4 minutes - 6:37 pm
  13. Lowry Pueblo
- 7:37 pm - 30.5 miles / 47 minutes - 8:25 pm
  Holiday Inn Express Mesa Verde
Day 4
- Holiday Inn Express Mesa Verde
- 9:00 am - 23.8 miles / 47 minutes - 9:48 am
  14. Mesa Verde National Park
- 12:48 pm - 212.7 miles / 4 hours 20 minutes - 5:09 pm
  15. Great Sand Dunes National Park
- 8:09 pm - 27.8 miles / 46 minutes - 8:56 pm
  Hampton Inn Alamosa, CO
Day 5
- Hampton Inn Alamosa, CO
- 9:00 am - 120.5 miles / 2 hours 18 minutes - 11:19 am
  16. Bishop Castle
- 12:19 pm - 105.8 miles / an hour 47 minutes - 2:07 pm
  17. Santa Fe Trail
- 2:07 pm - 102.5 miles / an hour 49 minutes - 3:57 pm
  18. Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
- 4:57 pm - 67.3 miles / an hour 15 minutes - 6:13 pm
  17. Santa Fe Trail
- 6:13 pm - 54.4 miles / 54 minutes - 7:08 pm
  Travelers Lodge
Day 6
- Travelers Lodge
- 9:00 am - 21.3 miles / 21 minutes - 9:22 am
  12. Kit Carson Museum
- 10:22 am - 57.0 miles / an hour a minute - 11:24 am
  7. Tower Museum
- 12:24 pm - 118.8 miles / 2 hours a minute - 2:26 pm
  3. Overland Trail Museum
- 3:26 pm - 127.3 miles / an hour 51 minutes - 5:18 pm
  Denver