Alpine Visitor Center, Rocky Mountain National Park

Name: Alpine Visitor Center
Address: Rocky Mountain National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, 80517, United States
Telephone: +1 970-586-1206

#21 among attractions in Rocky Mountain National Park

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Rocky Mountain National Park's Alpine Visitor Center is located at 11,796 feet above sea level at Fall River Pass, one mile west of the highest point on Trail Ridge Road and four miles east of the Continental Divide at Milner Pass in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the highest visitor center in the National Park System. ()

Coordinates: 40°26'29"N, 105°45'14"W

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Rocky Mountain National ParkRocky Mountain National Park 80517 United States

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+1 970-586-1206

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Alpine Visitor Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Poudre Lake, Chasm Falls, Ypsilon Mountain, Mount Ida.

3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Poudre Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park
82 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.
4.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Chasm Falls, Rocky Mountain National Park
117 min walk • Chasm Falls is a waterfall with a 25-foot drop located on the Fall River in Rocky Mountain National Park.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ypsilon Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park
102 min walk • Ypsilon Mountain, elevation 13,520 ft, is in the Mummy Range of Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado. The mountain, along with Mount Chiquita, is most easily accessed from a trailhead on Fall River Road to the south.
5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ida, Rocky Mountain National Park
127 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.
3.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Chiquita, Rocky Mountain National Park
88 min walk • Mount Chiquita is a mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,075-foot thirteener is located in Rocky Mountain National Park, 9.8 miles northwest by west of the Town of Estes Park in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Julian, Rocky Mountain National Park
124 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 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fairchild Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park
130 min walk • Fairchild Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,508-foot thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 9.6 miles northwest of the Town of Estes Park in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Specimen Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park
74 min walk • Specimen Mountain, elevation 12,494 ft, is a summit in the Front Range of northern Colorado. The mountain is north of Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
La Poudre Pass Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park
111 min walk • La Poudre Pass Lake is a small lake located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The lake is located within Rocky Mountain National Park, generally in La Poudre Pass, just south of the Continental Divide.
3.9 miSE
Neighbourhood
Beatrice Willard Alpine Tundra Research Plots, Rocky Mountain National Park
100 min walk • The Beatrice Willard Alpine Tundra Research Plots were established in 1959 along Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, above the treeline in an alpine tundra habitat.
~380 ftSW
Mountain pass, Nature
Fall River Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park
2 min walk • Fall River Pass is a mountain pass in northern Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. It is located in the Front Range, within Rocky Mountain National Park. The pass is traversed by U.S. Highway 34 on Trail Ridge Road between Granby and Estes Park.

Alpine Visitor Center, Rocky Mountain National Park

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Alpine Visitor Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)