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template: byway.jade
id: "2102"
name: Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road
distance: "48"
duration: Two hours to drive or a day to visit places along the byway
description: "Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road is America's highest continuously paved road. Overlooks present peaks ranging from 12,000 to over 14,000 feet. Eleven miles of the route roam above tree line in the alpine tundra. Travelers may encounter forms of life and climatic conditions also found at the Arctic Circle."
contact: "**Rocky Mountain National Park Information Center**  \r\n 970-586-1206 \r\n\r\n**Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road Status**  \r\n970-586-1222"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=65520"
    name: Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/arp/home"
    name: "Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland"
  - url: "http://www.historicroads.org/"
    name: Historic Roads
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/romo/"
    name: Rocky Mountain National Park
  - url: "http://www.coloradodirectory.com/maps/trailridgeroad.html"
    name: Trail Ridge Road
  - url: "http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/co/drv_rock.htm"
    name: Trail Ridge Road/ Beaver Meadow Road
  - url: "http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/scenic-byways/north-central/trail-ridge-rd"
    name: "Trail Ridge Road-Rocky Mountain National Park"
designations: 
  - "All-American Road"
  - Parkway
states: 
  - CO
ll: 
  - -105.61077899995087
  - 40.38711899984196
bounds: 
  - - -105.85797100036137
    - 40.25064099958246
  - - -105.52353700033228
    - 40.447189000072285

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Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road is America's highest continuously paved road. Overlooks present peaks ranging from 12,000 to over 14,000 feet. Eleven miles of the route roam above tree line in the alpine tundra. Travelers may encounter forms of life and climatic conditions also found at the Arctic Circle.