Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway
Colorado
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Byway Details
- Designation
- National Scenic Byway
- Length
- 133 mi in Colorado
About Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway
The Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway is a 132.9-mile drive in Colorado. It carries three designations: National Scenic Byway, BLM Back Country Byway, and Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway. The route links a string of communities rather than running between two endpoints. Florissant, Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield sit along it, as do Cañon City, Florence, Lincoln Park, Brookside, Williamsburg and Park Center. At nearly 133 miles, it works well as a full-day outing, with time built in for stops in the towns along the way. Summer is the most comfortable season. A nearby weather station outside Cripple Creek, at about 9,200 feet, records typical July averages of 76°F for the high and 49°F for the low. Winter there is cold, with typical January highs of 34°F and lows of 14°F. Places to stretch your legs sit close to the road. Grouse Mountain Trail is a short hike just off the route, and Fourmile Creek offers canoeing a little under a mile away. For an overnight stop, Cripple Creek RV Park and Echo Canyon Campground both sit right along the byway.
Scenic byway data: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Facts about this place
When to go
Best time to go: Jun–Sep. The mildest months here, with typical highs of 67–76°F and lows of 41–49°F.
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Cripple Creek 3nnw, CO weather station, 3.7 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan34° high14° low
- Feb36° high15° low
- Mar43° high21° low
- Apr49° high26° low
- May59° high34° low
- Jun71° high44° low
- Jul76° high49° low
- Aug72° high47° low
- Sep67° high41° low
- Oct55° high30° low
- Nov43° high23° low
- Dec34° high14° low
Where it is
- Towns along the route
- Florissant · Lincoln Park · Cañon City · Cripple Creek · Park Center · Brookside · Williamsburg · Florence · Goldfield · Victor
Source: USGS GNIS populated places
Nearby
- VaticanRock climbing0.1 mi
- RoadsideRock climbing0.1 mi
- Bach Block, TheRock climbing0.1 mi
- Dispersed CampsiteCamping0.1 mi
- ValhallaRock climbing0.1 mi
- Grouse Mountain TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Cripple Creek RV ParkCamping0.1 mi
- Prospectors RV ResortCamping0.1 mi
- Echo Canyon CampgroundCamping0.1 mi
- Hiking trailHiking0.1 mi
- BLM Trail 5826AHiking0.1 mi
- Fourmile CreekCanoeing0.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 2 miles of the route, PostGIS distance)
