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template: byway.jade
id: "2121"
name: Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway
distance: "133"
duration: "Allow at least 3 hours driving time, not including stops, to travel the entire route."
description: "This route goes through the raw pages of Colorado's geologic diary. It travels from the vivid desert \"redbeds\" of the high Dolores River Canyon, through the high plains at the foot of the San Juan Range, then back down into mountain canyons."
contact: "**Synergist Group**\r\n 970-270-8394\r\n[Send E-mail](mailto:cat@synergistgroup.com )\r\n"
path: 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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/scenic-byways"
    name: Colorado Byways
  - url: "http://www.norwoodcolorado.com"
    name: "Norwood Colorado Visitor Guide!"
  - url: "http://www.nucla-naturita.com"
    name: "Nucla-Naturita "
designations: 
  - "Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway"
states: 
  - CO
ll: 
  - -108.444504
  - 38.98508800000002
bounds: 
  - - -108.98092699999995
    - 38.02077900000012
  - - -108.061127
    - 38.98508800000002

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A fabulous journey through history, geology, culture and nature awaits you on the Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway.  Consisting of Highways 141 and 145, the vast scenery along this byway will keep you inspired along your journey.  Visit the historic Driggs Mansion or the Hanging Flume and step back into history to a much simpler time.