14 Best Places to Visit in Colorado (By a Local)

This is the highest paved road in North America, reaching an elevation of 14,130 feet. It’s the Mount Evans Scenic Byway and there’s a lot to see along its 28 miles. Explore a bristlecone pine forest with gnarled trees over 1,500 years old and then stroll along an alpine lake with tundra vegetation that you’d normally only find above the Arctic Circle. Make roadside friends with chonky marmots and then find your way to the summit parking lot which is one of the best places to encounter the shagg