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Mount Julian (Colorado)
Mount Julian is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, west ( bearing 268°) of the Town of Estes Park in Larimer County Larimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 359,066. The county seat and most populous city is Fort Collins. The county was named for William Larimer, Jr., the founder of Den ..., Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Julian Hayden, a civil engineer who lived in Estes Park. See also * List of Colorado mountain ranges * List of Colorado mountain summits ** List of Colorado fourteeners ** List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits ** List of the most prominent summits of Colorado * List of Colorado county high points References External links Mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park Mountains of Larimer County, Colorado Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trail Ridge Road
Trail Ridge Road is the name for the stretch of U.S. Highway 34 that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west. Together with the connecting Beaver Meadow Road (U.S. Highway 36), Trail Ridge Road forms the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway, an All-American Road. With a high point at elevation, Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in North America. The higher portion of Trail Ridge Road is closed from October to May. Route description From Kawuneeche Visitor Center at the park's Grand Lake Entrance, Trail Ridge Road follows the North Fork of the Colorado River north through the Kawuneeche Valley. There are several trailheads along this section of the road, notably the Colorado River Trailhead, which is the western terminus of the road segment closed during the winter. The road crosses the Continental Divide at Milner Pass (elev. ) and reaches a maximum elevation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
