• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Uncover Colorado Logo

  • Blog
  • Activities
  • Events
  • Towns
  • Lodging
  • Dining
  • Transport
  • Made in CO
  • Search
  • Blog
  • Activities
  • Events
  • Towns
  • Lodging
  • Dining
  • Transport
  • Made in CO
  • Search
Frontier Pathways Scenic Byway CO 96
Frontier Pathways - CO 96. Photo: Jeffrey Beall

Frontier Pathways Byway – Pueblo-Westcliffe-Colorado City

1
SHARES
FacebookTwitter

Frontier Pathways travels 103 miles through early routes of Native Americans and settlers, south of the Arkansas River. The landscape is stunning with views of the 100-mile-long Sangre de Cristo Mountains following the route.

History lines the byway, showing evidence of foregone cattle ranches, rock mines, and Victorian villages. Recreation of all types exist in the San Isabel National Forest, which surrounds the road south of Wetmore. Dispersed camping is available here, and is especially prevalent on the Highway 165 section.

It was named a national scenic byway in 1998, one of many federally designated in Colorado.

Frontier Pathways Colorado Wet Mountains
Frontier Pathways on Highway 96 leading west to Wet Mountains.

Highlights

Lake Pueblo State Park – Huge state park centered around a 4,000+ acre lake, just west of Pueblo on Highway 96.

Bishops Castle – It has been called “The Largest One Man Construction Project in the Country”. Built by Jim Bishop, Bishop Castle stands 160 feet tall. It’s located on Highway 165 and is free to visit year round.

Read about the Camping near Westcliffe and Rye, around the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Details

Nearby Towns:

  • Colorado City
  • Pueblo
  • Rye
  • Silver Cliff
  • Westcliffe
  • Wetmore

Season: Year round

Length: 103 miles (3.5 hours)

Roads: 2WD

Map: Froniter Pathways (.png)

Website: codot.gov/…

Primary Sidebar

Join our Colorado travel community

Enter your email below and grab our free locals' guide and monthly what's up designed to help you live your Colorado life and uncover fun things to do. —and never miss out again.

Colorado Scenic Drives

  • All Scenic Drives
  • Alpine Loop
  • Cache La Poudre-North Park
  • Collegiate Peaks
  • Colorado River Headwaters
  • Dinosaur Diamond
  • Flat Tops Trail
  • Frontier Pathways
  • Gold Belt Tour
  • Grand Mesa
  • Guanella Pass
  • Highway Of Legends
  • Lariat Loop
  • Los Caminos Antiguos
  • Mount Evans Byway
  • Pawnee Pioneer Trails
  • Peak to Peak
  • Pikes Peak Highway
  • San Juan Skyway
  • Santa Fe Trail
  • Silver Thread
  • South Platte River Trail
  • Top of the Rockies
  • Trail of Ancients
  • Trail Ridge Road
  • Unaweep Tabeguache
  • West Elk Loop

Footer

Get In Touch

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Write For Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Resources
Facebook Instagram Pinterest Twitter

Disclosure: Uncover Colorado is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Things To Do

  • Travel Blog
  • Colorado Activities
  • Colorado Events
  • Colorado Towns
  • Colorado Hotels
  • Colorado Restaurants
  • Colorado Transportation
  • Made in Colorado

Visit Mile High Happy Hour for Denver neighborhoods' restaurant happy hours.

Winter Activities

  • Camping
  • Cross Country Skiing
  • Federal Lands
  • Hot Springs
  • Ice Skating
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
  • Snow Tubing
  • State Parks

Vacation like a VIP! Leisurely Lifestyle shares life and travel hacks, as well as cheap luxury travel.

Copyright © 2021 · Uncover Colorado - Vacations, Travel & Tourism | Sitemap | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer