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The Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway is an 80-mile (129 km) National Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Eagle and Grand counties, Colorado, US. The byway follows the upper Colorado River from Grand Lake down to State Bridge .
This is a route-map template for the Colorado River, a waterway in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The river's first diversion is here at its headwater. The Grand Ditch redirects water from the Never Summer Mountains, which would have flowed into the Colorado River, to instead flow across the divide through La Poudre Pass to irrigate farmland to the east. Near the source of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Map showing the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin, and adjacent areas supplied by Colorado River water. The Colorado River Basin consists of 246,000 square miles (640,000 km 2 ), making it the seventh largest drainage basin in North America. [ 1 ]
I-70 enters Colorado from Utah, concurrent with US 6 and US 50, on a plateau between the north rim of Ruby Canyon of the Colorado River and the south rim of the Book Cliffs. The plateau ends just past the state line and the highway descends into the Grand Valley, formed by the Colorado River and its tributaries. [2]
There are three popular campsites at Nankoweap for river trips. A steep trail up a nearby talus slope leads to Ancestral Puebloan granaries. This is also where the Nankoweap Trail reaches the river. Mile 56.3 – Kwagunt Rapid (5) Mile 60.1 – 60 Mile Rapid (4) Mile 61.7 – Little Colorado River Confluence. Mile 65.1 – Carbon Creek
CR 129 (Elk River Road) – Clark, Hahns Peak, Steamboat Lake State Park, Pearl Lake State Park: Former SH 129: 134.414: 216.318: Mt. Werner Road: Interchange 136.515: 219.700: SH 131 south – Oak Creek, Wolcott, Stagecoach Reservoir State Park: Northern terminus of SH 131: Grand: No major junctions 154.070: 247.952: Rabbit Ears Pass summit ...
Deep Creek rises high in Colorado's White River Plateau in the White River National Forest northeast of the town of Carbonate, Colorado and west of Bison Lake. From there, it flows east and is impounded by Heart Lake Reservoir. [3] Leaving the reservoir, it passes through Deep Lake [4] and then flows generally southeast.