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Dinosaur NP
Colorado NM
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM
Crested Butte Great for Wild Flowers Mid July highways 82, 133, and 135 from Redstone to Crested Butte
also up Gothic Road at Emerald Lake
Kebler Pass from the Marble/Redstone
area into Crested Butte great for
flowers and fall colors
Marble canyon
Crystal Mill Canyon and Crystal
Mills you will need 4x4.
Ashcroft ghost town near Aspen and drive over Cottonwood Pass
Tin Cup has an interesting cemetery with separate Jewish, Catholic and
Protestant sections. Also take
Tin Cup Pass to St Elmo (great town) and Chalk
Cliffs also take a soak in Princeton Hot Springs.
Hovenweep NM
Yucca House NM
Mesa Verda NP, Cliff palace, Spruce tree house, Sun temple, Step house, Long house ruin,
Far view, Park point fire, Balcony house
Curecanti NRA
Florissant Fossil Beds NM
Bent’s Old Fort NHS
Denver Area
Evergreen has a lake that is great to photograph and there is elk and deer all over
in town. From Denver take highway 74. Right at the month of the
canyon is red rocks loop road that is great at sunrise for pictures of
red rock formations. Highway 74 follows Bear Creek where there are
many places to stop and take pictures along the river.
Garden of the Gods has some very gorgeous red rock formations that
are great to photograph sunrise and sunset. Garden of the Gods is
actually in Colorado Springs. It is easy loop road to get around and
there are lots of opportunities for interesting photos with many different views.
At the upper parking area you can get great views of Pikes Peak.
Early morning is best for that view, unless you want to capture it in silhouette at sunset.
Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak is in Manitou Springs and is definitely worth the trip. The train can be
taken to the top or you can drive to the top. The tram trip up and back
will take about 1/2 day, you are only at the top for about 1/2 hour
or so. The trip itself is the most interesting part, and you can get nice shots from
the train. Make sure you take a warm jacket, gloves and probably a hat for the.
The drive up Pikes Peak is on a mountain road and can be a bit scary for some people, just
drive slow and carefully. There are many stops on the way that provide
for picnicking, hiking, wildlife and of course photograph.
Manitou Springs is an older area and
has some interesting Victorian buildings.
Old Colorado is the old area of Colorado Springs and has some
interesting old homes and other buildings. It would only take about
an hour or two to cover this area and is not a "must see", but nice
if you have some extra time.
Cave of the
Winds, Balanced Rocks, and some ancient Indian cliff dwellings,
all on the way to or around the Pikes Peak/Garden of the Gods area
Great Sand Dunes NM
This is a 4
hour drive from Denver. The sun
shining on the dunes with the blue
mountains behind them make a great
picture, but get there fairly early
in the morning because the light can
get pretty harsh in later morning.
Zapata Falls is located in a box
canyon and is about a half mile walk
from the parking area, the trail is
in pretty good shape. To photograph
the falls itself, you will need to
do some wading on stream cobble in
water up to your knees to get to.
The water is cold and probably
varies in depth from season to
season and after rainstorms
upstream. There is some mist in the
canyon, so take along something to
cover your gear if you go. A tripod
is important because it is fairly
dark in the canyon and exposures
will be fairly long. Zapata Falls
can be one of the highlights of
visiting GSDNP and I would recommend
it. Sunset from the eastern
boundary of the park towards the
Sangre de Cristo Mountains make some
great shots. Late afternoon is when
thunderstorms normally occur in the
mountains so that could cut your
sunset light off as well, however
many times those storms move out
just in time for the sun to peak through
on the western horizon giving great light with wonderful cloud
formations above the dunes. The San
Luis Valley also has nice photo’s to
be had outside the park.
Medano Primitive Road gives nice
views along the base of the dunes.
Royal Gorge
Ouray –
Silverton – Durango
This area is
sometimes called the Swiss Alps of
the United States. There is an old
train that you can take from Durango
to Silverton that is fantastic.
There are many places to get the old
steam trains picture along the river
if you ride in the back of the
train. If you like wildflowers, the
area above Ouray and Silverton are
spectacular for wild flowers around
the end of July. Yankee Boy basin
and American basin out of Silverton
are great area’s to visit. They will
require a 4x4 for these trips but if
you don’t have one, you can rent
them in Ouray. There are many old
mines, with old building and left
machinery that you can photograph.
Rocky Mountain
NP
For scenic
photography, take falls road (one
way west), a gravel road up to where it meets the
main road, continue on that road to the west side and then return via
the main road. On the east side of
the park, there are several lakes near
the parking lot for Bear Lake. From
there, you can hike to the other
lakes. If you approach Rocky
Mountain from the west, Moose are
sometimes present around the Grand
Lake area. Elk will be present both
in the morning and evening in the
flats just inside the east
entrance. As you exit Rocky
Mountain from Estes to Loveland,
keep on eye on the cliffs on the
northeast side of the road for Big
Horn.
Cripple Creek,
CO has some nice wild flowers and
landscape photography. Many 4WD
roads provide access to the back
country.
Buena Vista and surrounding area
Pawnee National Grasslands and on to Pawnee Buttes
Maroon Bells at sunrise
Castle Creek
Ashcroft old mining town
Independence Pass good for flowers
in mid July
Ajax mountain good for flowers in
mid July
American Basin good for flowers in
mid July.
Colorado Website
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