Tracks Across Borders, Colorado’s newest scenic byway, offers access to dramatic mountain scenery and layers of history.

This byway is often considered an essential journey for road trippers, traveling through popular mountain towns like Durango, Silverton, Telluride and Ouray.

On the Lariat Loop scenic byway you’ll find evergreens covering the foothills of the Rockies, the curious crimson formations at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, and even dinosaur tracks.

This scenic byway near Cortez and Dolores takes you through the heart of the landscape and unique history of the American Southwest.

The Colorado River Headwaters Scenic byway traces one of North America’s mightiest rivers to the source.

Scenery reaches new heights on the Top of the Rockies scenic byway — Mount Elbert and Mount Massive are the tallest and second tallest peaks in the state.

Climbing to timberline, the byway takes in views of 14,060-foot Mount Bierstadt and the alpine tundra before descending into cool groves of aspen and pine, as well as the historic town of Georgetown.

Along its entire length, the Collegiate Peaks continuously rise above the 14,000-foot mark and include such summits as Mount Princeton, Mount Yale and Mount Harvard.

The San Luis Valley is one of Colorado’s most impressive landscapes, with massive sand dunes, nine 14,000-foot peaks ringing its edge and the historic Rio Grande pulsing through its heart.

The South Platte River Trail is long on history.

Colorado’s Grand Mesa scenic byway leads through old-growth forests, aspens, meadows and so many lakes you’ll lose track. That’s Grand Mesa in a nutshell.

The area covered by Colorado’s Frontier Pathways scenic byway is heavily steeped in Colorado history. The land near Pueblo holds great importance to past inhabitants.