Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway

The Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway is an 80-mile (129 km) National Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Eagle and Grand counties, Colorado, US. The byway follows the upper Colorado River from Grand Lake down to State Bridge. The byway connects with the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway at Grand Lake.

Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length	80 mi[1][2] (130 km)
Major junctions
East end	US 34 Grand Lake
West end	SH 131 State Bridge
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Eagle and Grand counties
Highway system
Scenic Byways National National Forest BLM NPS Colorado State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic

Route

Recognition

In 2018 USA Today named it as one of the best waterside drives in the country.^[3]

Gallery

• 
  Grand Lake
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  Byers Canyon
• 
  Gore Canyon
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  State Bridge, Colorado

See also

• History portal
• U.S. Roads portal
• Colorado portal

• History Colorado
• List of scenic byways in Colorado
• Scenic byways in the United States

Notes