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Trail Ridge Road


Trail Ridge Road
U.S. 36
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
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Top-Rated Nearby Hotels
Hotel GBP* Distance Rating
Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles Old Pasadena £154 0.2 mi 0.3 km 4 of 5 stars
The Westin Pasadena £141 0.6 mi 1.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Vagabond Inn Executive Pasadena £101 1.6 mi 2.6 km 4.5 of 5 stars
The Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa £186 2.0 mi 3.1 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Saga Motor Hotel £69 2.3 mi 3.7 km 4 of 5 stars
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Top-Rated Nearby Restaurants
restaurant Distance Rating
Wok n' Roll 0.0 mi 0.0 km 4 of 5 stars
Tani Japanese Restaurant 0.0 mi 0.1 km 4 of 5 stars
El Toreo 0.1 mi 0.1 km 4 of 5 stars
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Top-Rated Nearby Things to Do
Thing to Do Distance Rating
Lula Mae 0.1 mi 0.2 km 4 of 5 stars
Pasadena Ice Skating Center 0.4 mi 0.6 km 4 of 5 stars
Norton Simon Museum 0.6 mi 0.9 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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“Trail Ridge Road” Fodors.com
“Trail Ridge Road” PlanetWare.com
“Edgy elation on a Rocky route” Los Angeles Times (free registration required)
“Rocky Mountain National Park: Peaks And Valleys Lure Millions” gocolorado.com
“Scenic Byway: Trail Ridge Road” gocolorado.com
“See the Colorado Aspens glow and get deals on hotels along the way” Dallas Morning News (free registration required)
“Great Road Climbs” Altrec.com
“The high road to grandeur” Orlando Sentinel (free registration required)
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 41 attractions in Rocky Mountain National Park
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Traveller Description: A challenging but beautiful 45 mile high-altitude scenic drive.
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Attraction type: Scenic drive
Activities: Driving
Address: U.S. 36 Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

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“Very Scenic”
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5 of 5 stars
GoHawksAnkenyIowa
Ankeny, Iowa
17 Aug 2008

Our family(kids ages 12,7,6) just loved this road and also Old Fall River Road. There were many scenic places to stop and we saw 50 elk not too far down from the visitors center. more

“Worth a few hours to see the park and the elk”
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5 of 5 stars
chipmanman
Rochester, NY
30 Jul 2008

This was a wonderful afternoon of seeing some amazing sights. You do need at least three hours to make it to the Continental Divide. Their were so many nice spots for photos. It was a bit frightening driving on the road with the drop off so far below, but worth seeing if you are near the place. more

“Amazing Scenery”
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5 of 5 stars
TouristMD
Baltimore, Maryland
19 Jun 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

I first have to say that if you are going to Rocky Mountain National Park and want to do Trail Ridge Road, make sure you don't go too early in the summer. We were at the park for a few days during the first week in June, and when we got there we learned that there was a recent snow... more

“Go Early for Animals”
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5 of 5 stars
Janda05
New York
3 Mar 2008
1/2 found this review helpful

We got there too late! 10 AM and all of the animals were hiding. I hear it's one of the best places to see wildlife though. Even without the animals, this place was remarkable. Trail Ridge Road -- BE CAREFUL! Windy, cliffs ... you get the idea. It's not the most dangerous road in the world, so don't sweat it.... more

“Longs Peak is great”
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5 of 5 stars
Pens4821
Pittsburgh
18 Jan 2008
0/1 found this review helpful

Have drivin through quite a few passes in CO and this is definately up there with the others. Longs Peak is gorgeous. Plenty of opportunities to take pictures and many picturesque sites. Also so the most wildlife of any pass going up here (which was most likely just pure luck). more

“Driving Trail Ridge Road”
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5 of 5 stars
Crackerjack7
Chicago area, IL
29 May 2007
24/26 found this review helpful

Driving Trail Ridge Road_______ Like most of the other mornings, we woke up at 5:30 (mountain time). Today it was important that we got an early start. We wanted to be done driving and hiking Trail Ridge Road (which we nicknamed mile high road) by 1 PM (for weather reasons - every day we had been here it did in... more

“Road closed? And why would that stop anyone?”
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5 of 5 stars
KellysTravels
North Mankato, Minnesota
8 Oct 2006
9/10 found this review helpful

We stopped down at the visitor center in Estes Park to get the local weather for the mountains. We were there in late September and the snow storms were already starting to dump a lot of snow in the mountains. The road was closed half way up but we had to see it for ourselves. My daughter drove and I... more

“Breathtaking doesn't even begin to describe it”
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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Kearney, NE
13 Oct 2005
27/29 found this review helpful

We came to Estes Park on October 8, 05 and stayed at the McGregor cabins (which are wonderful) and have spent every day this week in the park and Trail Ridge Road is our favorite. Every turn, every angle, every change of light and weather leaves you with a new wonder - a new spectacle of absolute beauty. Do be... more

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U.S. 36, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO