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template: byway.jade
id: "2104"
name: "Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic and Historic Byway"
distance: "101"
duration: Allow 3 hours to drive the byway.
description: "This route has seen its share of traffic. Native Americans used this river canyon as a transit corridor, and trappers, miners and loggers passed through in the 1800s."
contact: "**[Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest](http://fs.fed.us/arnf)**  \r\n 970-295-6600  \r\n 970-295-6794  \r\n\r\n**Canyon Lakes Ranger District**  \r\n 970-295-6700  \r\n 970-295-6796 TDD  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/arp/home"
    name: "Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland"
  - url: "http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/scenic-byways/north-central/cache-la-poudre"
    name: "Cache La Poudre-North Park"
designations: 
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Colorado State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - CO
ll: 
  - -105.07694199999997
  - 40.59080899999998
bounds: 
  - - -106.28215
    - 40.50042000000013
  - - -105.07640800000001
    - 40.72673000000003

---

The Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway leads visitors from the city of Fort Collins to the quiet, bowl-shaped valley of North Park, located just west of the Continental Divide. The Cache La Poudre River Canyon and the Roosevelt National Forest characterize the eastern section of the byway, while the North Park valley dominates the western section. North Park was once a favorite bison grazing ground, and today deer, antelope, elk, moose, beaver, and coyote populate the area. There are all types of wildlife to be seen on the byway, and migrating waterfowl flock to the Arapaho
National Wildlife Refuge. Recreation along the byway is high on visitors' lists. The Poudre River, Colorado's only federally designated National Wild and Scenic River, is a popular spot for whitewater boaters and anglers. The Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway was once a useful transit corridor for Native
Americans and early white explorers. Today, the byway is a destination spot for travelers looking for beautiful scenery, solitude, diverse landscape, and recreational opportunities.
