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      Fort Collins to Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado via Rocky Mountain NP 

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      Published on 09-21-2011 12:02 AM
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      122 miles - about 8 hours

      This wonderfully scenic road trip starts out at a once-dry city now famous for its beers (so best to spend the night there). From here it makes its way high up into the Rocky Mountains, taking in an unforgettable drive along ...
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      Colorado Springs, Colorado to Royal Gorge Bridge 

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      Published on 07-10-2010 12:03 AM
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      60 miles - About 6-8 hours

      One of the most spectacular river crossings in America, the Royal Gorge Bridge is a must-see if your road trip plans take you to the Colorado Springs area. Along the way, you can visit an old west museum, pose with a giant beetle and drive a one-lane road over ...
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      Grand Junction to Telluride, Colorado via the Unaweep-Tabeguache Byway 

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      Published on 07-09-2010 12:02 AM
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      155 miles - 3.5 hours

      The resort town of Telluride might be the ultimate destination but this is a route that's as much about the journey as it follows the spectacular Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway. The first section winds its way through the remote but breathtaking ...
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      Colorado Springs, Colorado to Pikes Peak and Scenic Vistas 

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      Published on 06-19-2010 12:02 AM
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      15 miles, 8-10 hours

      A quick glance at the length of this route - only 15 miles - might look like a typo, but it really could take 8 to 10 hours to see everything listed below. If you're nimble on on your feet, ...
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      Denver to Moffat, Colorado via Mt. Princeton: Joyful Hot Springs Journey 

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      Published on 06-17-2010 12:06 AM
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      189 miles, 4 hours 20 minutes

      Joyful journeys await you on Colorado's southern Hot Mineral Springs Trail! It’s a scenery-rich drive through kaleidoscope landscapes, from soaring Front Range Mountains to breathtaking valley basins. Within a few shorts steps ...
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      Grand Junction to Gunnison, Colorado: Black Canyon of the Gunnison 

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      Published on 05-22-2010 12:04 AM
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      285 miles and 10-12 hours

      This is one of the least-visited routes in the RoadTrip America inventory. The south rim of the Grand Canyon is visited each year by hundreds of thousands of people, while the north rim is visited by only a few thousand. Likewise, the south rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison attracts most of the visitor traffic to this national park. The north rim only ...
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      Denver to Glenwood (Hot) Springs, Colorado 

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      Published on 05-16-2010 12:03 AM
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      168 miles – 3-4 hours

      You'll get into hot water along this section of Colorado's Hot Mineral Springs Trail, a spectacular smooth-cruising drive along I-70 through the spectacular Rocky Mountains, home of the world's largest outdoor hot-mineral-springs swimming pool. Stunning mountains, rivers, canyons and skies of dramatic diversity await you. ...
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