The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Colorado Rockies

Stop 8 · Days 575–576

Telluride

Telluride, CO

A jewel-box former mining town at the head of a stunning box canyon — a free gondola, a towering waterfall, and famous festivals.

Where to stay

  • A Telluride or Mountain Village lodge

    In the box canyon or up the gondola.

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You gotta eat this

  • Après fare in the box canyon

    Great mountain-town dining.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 575Day 575 — Box CanyonFull day · 4h planned
  2. 576Day 576 — North to the Black CanyonDrive day · 2h drive

What this stop is made of

  • Cities & Metros