Scenic Drives & Byways in Colorado
Colorado has 37 scenic drives and byways to explore — including 1 National Scenic Byway and 36 State Scenic Byways. Pick any road below to see it on the map, or plan a Colorado trip in the Road Sorties route planner with scenic-road routing turned on.
All scenic roads in Colorado
- Alpine Loop Scenic Byway
- Boreas Pass Auto Tour
- Cache la Poudre – North Park Scenic Byway
- Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway
- Colorado River Headwaters Scenic Byway
- Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway
- Echo Park Road
- Elevenmile Canyon Scenic & Historic Auto Tour
- Flat Tops Trail Scenic Byway
- Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway
- Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway
- Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway
- Guanella Pass Scenic Byway
- Harpers Corner Road
- Highway Of Legends Scenic Byway
- Historic Rim Rock Drive
- Lariat Loop Scenic Byway
- Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic Byway
- Mosquito Pass Auto Tour
- Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway
- Palisade Fruit and Wine Byway
- Pawnee Pioneer Trails Scenic Byway
- Peak to Peak Scenic Byway
- San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway
- Santa Fe Trail Scenic and Historic Byway
- Silver Thread Scenic Byway
- South Platte River Trail
- South Platte River Trail Scenic Byway
- Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway
- Tour of the Moon Byway
- Tracks Across Borders Scenic and Historic Byway
- Trail of the Ancients National Scenic Byway
- Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway
- Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway
- Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic Byway
- West Elk Loop Scenic Byway
- Yampa Bench Road
Types of scenic byways in Colorado
- National Scenic Byway 1
- National Scenic Byways are roads recognized at the federal level for at least one outstanding quality — scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational — that gives travelers a reason to seek them out rather than just pass through.
- State Scenic Byway 36
- State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Featured road trips in Colorado
- Million Dollar Highway: Ouray to Durango
75 miles of Colorado's most dramatic mountain driving — no guardrails, 11,000-foot passes, and sheer cliff edges.
- Rocky Mountain NP: Trail Ridge Road
48 miles across the top of the Rockies — the highest continuously paved road in the US, with elk, tundra, and 360° mountain views.
- San Juan Skyway: Colorado's Mountain Loop
A 236-mile loop through the San Juan Mountains connecting four mountain towns above 10,000 feet.