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The Flat Tops Trail Scenic Byway is a National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Routt, Garfield, and Rio Blanco counties, Colorado, US. Route [ edit ]
The Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Program was established in March 1989, and is one of the oldest state scenic byway programs. Since 1989, the program has designated 26 Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways with 2,585 miles (4,160 km) of roadway, 4,459 miles (7,176 km) including scenic byway extensions in adjacent states.
The pass, part of the Flat Tops Trail Scenic and Historic Byway, is accessible to passenger cars, but only seasonally, generally from late May to October. The Dunckley Pass Overlook Picnic Site, near the actual pass, provides views of The Flat Tops.
The top of the plateau is alpine tundra. The highest point in the Flat Tops is the summit of Flat Top Mountain (12,361 ft) on the east side of the range. The Devil's Causeway, [7] perhaps the most popular geologic feature and notorious hiking experience in the Flat Tops, is located in the same area. The Causeway is a narrow neck of the plateau ...
The following Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway is both an All-American Road and a National Forest Scenic Byway: San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] 236 miles (380 km) The following three Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways are both National Scenic Byways and National Forest Scenic Byways:
Byway follows original Central Pacific railway grade west of Promontory Summit, the site of the completion of the First transcontinental railroad at Golden Spike National Historic Site. Also a Utah Scenic Byway. [15] [91] [92] I Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway: New Mexico: 13 21 La Junta Point in Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
Flat Top Mountain is the highest summit of the Flat Tops in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The prominent 12,361-foot (3,768 m) peak is located in the Flat Tops Wilderness, 19.1 miles (30.7 km) south-southwest (bearing 201°) of the Town of Oak Creek, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Routt National Forest and White River National Forest.
Talimena Scenic Drive; Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road; Top of the Rockies National Scenic Byway; The Trace (Land Between the Lakes) Trail of the Ancients; Trail of the Ancients National Scenic Byway; Trail of the Ancients Scenic and Historic Byway; Turquoise Trail