Kawuneeche Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park

Name: Kawuneeche Valley
Address: Rocky Mountain National Park, United States

#22 among attractions in Rocky Mountain National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

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Kawuneeche Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park

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Kawuneeche Valley, also known as Kawuneeche or Coyote Valley, is a marshy valley of the Colorado River near its beginning. It is located on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The axis of the valley runs almost directly north to south. Kawuneeche means "valley of the coyote" in Arapaho language and there is a Coyote Valley Trail head by US Route 34 in the western half of the park. Coyotes still live here, as do wapiti, mule deer, moose, and mountain lion. ()

Coordinates: 40°21'23"N, 105°51'32"W

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Kawuneeche Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Poudre Lake, Mount Ida, Haynach Lakes, Chief Cheley Peak.

5.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Poudre Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park
134 min walk • Poudre Lake is an alpine lake and a main source of Poudre River. It is located just a few feet East of the Continental Divide in Larimer County, Colorado. U.S.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ida, Rocky Mountain National Park
111 min walk • Mount Ida is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,874-foot peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 13.4 miles west of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Haynach Lakes, Rocky Mountain National Park
132 min walk • Haynach Lakes is a lake in Grand County, Colorado. Haynach Lakes lie at an elevation of 11,069 feet.
4.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chief Cheley Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
116 min walk • Chief Cheley Peak is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,815-foot peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 13.1 miles west of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide between Grand and Larimer counties.
5.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Julian, Rocky Mountain National Park
138 min walk • Mount Julian is a mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,933-foot peak is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 12.2 miles west of the Town of Estes Park in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
5.1 miNE
Mountain pass, Nature
Milner Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park
129 min walk • Milner Pass, elevation 10,759 ft is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. It is located on the continental divide in the Front Range, within Rocky Mountain National Park, along the boundary between Larimer and Grand counties.
3.9 miW
Protected area
Never Summer Wilderness, Roosevelt National Forest
100 min walk • The Never Summer Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located immediately west of Rocky Mountain National Park in the Never Summer Mountains of Arapaho National Forest in northern Colorado.