Historic Rim Rock Drive
Historic Rim Rock Drive is a scenic drive in Colorado. Within Colorado it covers roughly 22 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Historic Rim Rock Drive with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Rim Rock Drive is the 23-mile road through Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, cut along the canyon rims and bored through tunnels by Civilian Conservation Corps crews in the 1930s. It runs hundreds of feet above the Grand Valley past red sandstone monoliths like Independence Monument and the Coke Ovens. The loop was made famous as the "Tour of the Moon" stage of the old Coors Classic bicycle race.
- Colorado National Monument
- Independence Monument
- Coke Ovens
- CCC-built tunnels
- Grand Valley rim
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About this drive
This is a scenic drive — a road worth taking for the views and the journey itself rather than the quickest line between two points.