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template: byway.jade
id: "2103"
name: Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway
distance: "63"
duration: "Two hours to drive the entire byway, or 90 minutes along Highway 65 and 30 minutes roundtrip on the spur road to Land's End"
description: "This \"playground in the sky\" climbs from the rugged Plateau Canyon floor to the cool evergreen mesa forests, 11,000 feet up. Featured are hundreds of sparkling lakes, wildflower meadows and forests of shimmering aspen and pine. Take a side trip to Lands End Overlook where the Grand Valley unfolds below."
contact: "**Delta County Tourism**  \r\n 877-825-7514  \r\n\r\n**Grand Mesa Scenic Byway Welcome Center**  \r\n 970-856-3100  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.grandmesabyway.com/"
    name: Grand Mesa National Scenic Byway
  - url: "http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/scenic-byways/northwest/grand-mesa"
    name: Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway
  - url: "http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/byway/co_grand.htm#gran"
    name: Grand Mesa Scenic Byway
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/gmug/"
    name: "Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests"
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=61171"
    name: Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Colorado State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - CO
ll: 
  - -108.28134899985645
  - 39.18259799969792
bounds: 
  - - -108.28134899985645
    - 38.900718999582125
  - - -107.92372100042382
    - 39.20111099997263

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This "playground in the sky" climbs from the rugged Plateau Canyon floor to the cool evergreen mesa forests, 11,000 feet up. Featured are hundreds of sparkling lakes, wildflower meadows and forests of shimmering aspen and pine. Take a side trip to Lands End Overlook where the Grand Valley unfolds below.