Places to Explore In Steamboat Springs and Northwest Colorado

Discover the best places to explore in Steamboat Springs and Northwest Colorado with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Cedaredge

Cedaredge is called the gateway to the Grand Mesa, the world's largest flat-topped mountain. An elevation of 6,100 feet makes for a mild climate...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Colorado National Monument

Colorado's version of red rock is nowhere more spectacularly on display than at Colorado National Monument. Created between 65 and 225 million...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

Craig

Craig is home to some of the best fishing in the area. Guided trips to the hottest fishing spots are available, as are horseback pack trips...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Dinosaur National Monument

Overlapping the border between Colorado and Utah, Dinosaur National Monument offers river runners and dinosaur enthusiasts a remote and magnificent...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Grand Junction

Grand Junction is where the mountains and desert meet at the confluence of the mighty Colorado and Gunnison rivers—a grand junction indeed....

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 7 Hotels
  • 14 Things To Do

Grand Mesa

Small, quiet towns along the 63-mile Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway (Highway 65) provide just enough support for the plethora of outdoor...

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  • 1 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Meeker

Once an outpost of the U.S. Army, Meeker is still a place where anyone in camouflage is in fashion. Famous for its annual sheepdog championships...

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  • 1 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Palisade

Palisade is Colorado's version of Napa Valley, with the highest concentration of wineries in the state. It's an easy day trip from Grand Junction...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 9 Things To Do

Rangely

The center of one of the last areas in the state to be explored by European settlers, Rangely was dubbed an "isolated empire" by early pioneers...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Steamboat Springs

Steamboat got its name from French trappers who, after hearing the bubbling and churning hot springs, mistakenly thought a steamboat was chugging...

  • 10 Restaurants
  • 8 Hotels
  • 19 Things To Do

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