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A narrow paved road in Rocky Mountain National Park sweeps in wide curves across treeless, golden-brown uplands, with tiny cars on it and bare rocky peaks behind

Rocky Mountain: map

20 places with verified coordinates · 17 with photo

Offers in the park · 6

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Beaver Meadows Visitor Center: cantilevered balcony of rust-red steel on a natural stone facade, with deciduous trees beside it
Photo: Dirk Huizenga ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Arrival · Main visitor centre, 2,390 m (7,840 ft)

Beaver Meadows Visitor Center

The main visitor centre at the east entrance near Estes Park, at 7,840 ft (2,390 m). From here it is 10.5 mi (16.9 km) to Bear Lake and 23 mi (37 km) to the Alpine Visitor Center.

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Several people stand as silhouettes on boulders in Rocky Mountain National Park, looking across the tundra at an orange sunset behind mountain ranges
Photo: NPS Photo ↗ · Public domain ↗

Arrival · Visitor centre at 3,595 m (11,796 ft)

Alpine Visitor Center

At 11,796 ft (3,595 m) on Fall River Pass, above the treeline. Only reachable while Trail Ridge Road is open.

At 3,595 m (11,796 ft), the highest visitor centre in the entire US national park system.

Elevation
11,796 ft, 3,595 m
Location
Fall River Pass
Distance
23 mi (37 km) from Beaver Meadows
Access
only when Trail Ridge Road is open
Surroundings
alpine tundra, no trees
Access from below
also via Old Fall River Road

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Arrival · Visitor centre on the west side

Kawuneeche Visitor Center

At the Grand Lake entrance at 8,715 ft (2,656 m), 43.6 mi (70.2 km) from the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. The quieter side of the park.

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Arrival · Nature centre in the Bear Lake corridor

Moraine Park Discovery Center

At 8,140 ft (2,481 m) on Bear Lake Road, 2.6 mi (4.2 km) from the main visitor centre, on the edge of the meadow where the elk graze.

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A clear mountain lake in Rocky Mountain National Park between conifers, behind it a pale, stepped granite wall rising steeply from the forest
Photo: Andrew Parlette ↗ · CC BY 2.0 ↗

Water · Lake at 2,888 m (9,475 ft)

Bear Lake

At 9,475 ft (2,888 m) at the end of Bear Lake Road. On many days the car park is full by 9:00.

The busiest part of the park, and the only one with its own permit.

Own permit
5:00 to 18:00
Bear Lake car park
often full by 9:00
Glacier Gorge
fills even earlier
Bear Lake
9,475 ft, 2,888 m
Bear Lake shuttle
6:30 to 19:30
Frequency
every 10 to 15 minutes
Moraine Park shuttle
7:00 to 19:30, hourly
Re-entry
only from 14:00

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A still lake in Rocky Mountain National Park reflects forested ridges, yellow shoreline grass in the foreground and a solid grey cloud cover above
Photo: Christian Collins ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗

Trails · Flat loop on Bear Lake Road

Sprague Lake

A half-hour, largely level loop with the Continental Divide reflected in the water: the most accessible spot in the whole corridor.

The spot in the Bear Lake Road corridor that asks the least of you.

Loop
about 1.2 km (0.75 mi), largely level
Time
about half an hour
Location
Bear Lake Road, 8,700 ft
Access
own shuttle stop
View
Continental Divide, reflected
Permit
Bear Lake Road corridor, 5:00 to 18:00

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View from the Nymph Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park of snow-covered Longs Peak behind conifers and bare deciduous trees in winter
Photo: Wildernest42 ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Mountains & rock · Highest summit, 4,346 m (14,259 ft)

Longs Peak

14,259 ft (4,346 m), the only fourteener in the park. The Keyhole Route is a scramble, not a hike.

The park's only fourteener. And the place where the park authority is most direct.

Elevation
14,259 ft, 4,346 m
Distance
15 mi round trip, 24 km
Time
10 to 15 hours
One way to the summit
7.5 mi (12.1 km)
Character
scrambling on all fours
Hazards
rockfall, loose rock, narrow ledges
Weather
storms, freezing temperatures, snow, lightning
Campground
2 July to 8 September, $30

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Water · Lake below the east face

Chasm Lake

Directly below the Diamond, the 300 m (985 ft) sheer east face of Longs Peak. The goal for everyone who is not attempting the summit.

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Locations verified from the linked original sources and OpenStreetMap. The map shows no trails or park boundaries; markers do not imply that access is permitted.

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Park photo: Photo: NPS Photo ↗ · Public domain ↗

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