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CO 17 at the New Mexico state line Traverses the San Luis Valley, passing Colorado's oldest community, the Great Sand Dunes, and the Sangre de Cristo Range. Also a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway [41] [42] I/II Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway: Nevada: 20 32 Lovelock Cave: Meridian Road and NV 397 in Lovelock
Historic, Scenic [111] NSB Native American Scenic Byway: 350 560 North Dakota, South Dakota SD 50 and I-90 in Chamberlain: ND 24 at Lake Oahe near Cannon Ball: June 9, 1998 (South Dakota) September 22, 2005 (extended) Traverses four Lakota Sioux reservations Cultural, Historic [112] NSB Nebo Loop Scenic Byway: 37.0 59.5 Utah SR 132 near Nephi
The route begins in Alamosa East by heading north on the northern portion of Colorado State Highway 17. At the town of Mosca, the byway heads east along Alamosa County Road 6N to the entrance of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. From the park, the byway heads south along Colorado State Highway 150 to its terminus at U.S. Highway 160.
Great Sand Dunes National Park has the tallest dunes in North America, but they aren’t the park’s only stars.
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located in Saguache and Alamosa Counties, Colorado at approximately 37.75° north latitude and 105.5° west longitude. The national park is located in the San Luis Valley while the national preserve is located to the east in an adjacent section of the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains. [5]
National Scenic Byways, managed by the Federal Highway Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation) [6] Some National Scenic Byways are further classified as "All-American Roads", a higher status reserved for especially distinctive roadways. Both classifications are often collectively marketed under the term "America's Byways". [7]
The Trail of the Ancients Scenic and Historic Byway overlaps with the San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway, an All-American Road, National Forest Scenic Byway, and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, on Colorado State Highway 145 between U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado State Highway 184. [20] [21] [22]
The national heritage area includes Alamosa, Costilla, and Conejos counties, and portions of Saguache and Rio Grande counties. [2] It also includes within its boundaries Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Baca National Wildlife Refuge, the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, the South San Juan Wilderness, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area, San Luis Wilderness Study Area, Monte Vista National ...