The East Longs Peak Trail, Longs Peak Trail, Keyhole Route or Shelf Trail in

Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and ...

is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

for its significance in the early recreational development of the park. The trail was laid out in 1878 by Reverend

Elkanah Lamb Elkanah J. Lamb (January 1, 1832 – April 7, 1915) was born in Indiana and moved westward through Iowa to Kansas and Nebraska during his early adulthood. He became a minister of the Church of the United Brethren and traveled through the Kansas a ...

, long before the designation of the region as parkland. It was extended in 1910 by

Enos Mills Enos Abijah Mills (April 22, 1870 – September 21, 1922) was an American naturalist, author and homesteader. He was the main figure behind the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. Enos Mills was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of ...

. The trail leads from the Tahosa Valley, running counterclockwise around

Longs Peak Longs Peak (Arapaho: ) is a high and prominent mountain in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, southwest by south ( bearing 209°) of th ...

and reaching the summit at 14,259 feet.

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Hiking trails in Colorado Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Protected areas of Boulder County, Colorado Protected areas of Larimer County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Boulder County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Rocky Mountain National Park {{Colorado-NRHP-stub

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