Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway

{{Infobox road

|state=CO

|type=Scenic

|name=Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway

|maint=

|map=

|map_notes=

|length_mi=57

|length_ref={{cite web|url=https://www.codot.gov/travel/colorado-byways/south-central/collegiate-peaks|title=Collegiate Peaks|publisher=Colorado Department of Transportation|year=2021|access-date=April 6, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://scenicbyways.info/byway/67936.html|title=Collegiate Peaks Byway|publisher=America's Scenic Byways|access-date=April 6, 2022}}

|formed=2015

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=CO|US|50|SH|291}} Salida or
{{jct|state=CO|US|50|US|285}} Poncha Springs

|junction=

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=CO|US|24|SH|82}} near Granite

|counties=Chaffee and Lake counties

}}

The Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway is a {{convert|57|mi|0|adj=on}} Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Chaffee and Lake counties, Colorado, US. The Byway follows the upper Arkansas River past the Collegiate Peaks, featuring eight of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains.

Mountain Peaks

Mount Shavano {{convert|4337.7|m|0|order=flip}}
Mount Antero {{convert|4351.4|m|0|order=flip}}
Mount Princeton {{convert|4329.3|m|0|order=flip}}
Mount Yale {{convert|4328.2|m|0|order=flip}}
Mount Harvard {{convert|4395.6|m|0|order=flip}}
Mount Belford {{convert|4329.1|m|0|order=flip}}
Mount Oxford {{convert|4315.9|m|0|order=flip}}
Mount Elbert {{convert|4401.2|m|0|order=flip}}

References

External links

[https://scenicbyways.info/state/CO.html America's Scenic Byways: Colorado]
[https://www.codot.gov/ Colorado Department of Transportation]
[https://www.codot.gov/travel/colorado-byways/bywayscommission Colorado Scenic & Historic Byways Commission]
[https://www.codot.gov/travel/colorado-byways Colorado Scenic & Historic Byways]
[https://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/otis/MapSearch/TravelMap Colorado Travel Map]
[https://www.colorado.com/other-tourism-organizations/colorado-tourism-office Colorado Tourism Office]
[https://www.historycolorado.org/ History Colorado]