Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

I finally booked this years vacation flights and I'm surprised that the
prices for flights are quite reasonable. (I didn't even try to trade
points in).
We'll be renting a car after we land at Denver, thence two weeks of
semi-planned wanderings...
I changed the destination to Denver as on a recent trip to Kansas City
and Omaha I was struck by the beauty of the western plains. So on this
trip we will divide our time between the plains and the Rockies.
We plan to spend no more than 2-3 nights in any one place. Whether
luxury resorts or plain motels we're looking for natural cachet and
quiet. Very early wakeup calls.
We are looking for especially isolated locations to rest, enjoy and do
some photography.
I'll have DSLR, film 35mm and 6x6, my new lightweight tripod and head,
slide film is Velvia 50, 100, 100F and Kodak 100G (for both 35mm and
6x6). (SO will have her film SLR).
35mm film/DSLR Lenses will be 20mm f/2.8, 28-70 f/2.8, 100mm f/2.8 macro
and possibly the 80-200 f/2.8. The 50 f/1.7 and 300 f/2.8 will stay at
home. 6x6 lenses will be 80 f/2.8 and 150 f/4. If I can buy a Makro
for the 6x6 I will, but it has to be a very good bargain.
Any ideas on accessible, but relatively unbeaten tracks and locations
very much apreciated. Hiking will be limited to 6 hour hikes wherever
ordinary hiking boots, clothing and a few sandwiches are the only
requirement.
Please reply here, but e-mail also gratefully received (remove Freelunch).
Cheers,
Alan.
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Alan Browne

Re: Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

I guess this is the place I was thinking of:
http://parks.state.co.us/cnap/Natural_Areas/NA%20pages/colotall.htm
near Boulder, north of Denver. Boulder is a very cool town. I suspect
there would be very few tourists in the prarie preserve and a long lens
would bring the mountains up pretty close judging from the photo on that
page.


Paul Furman

Re: Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

In article <9Mflg.4680$aB6.33290@wagner.videotron.net>,
<snip>
Isn't that the truth! It's always stressful trying to pick out all the
places to visit when you travel. I tend to want to cram in as many sites
as possible so I know how you feel.


Tim

Re: Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

Thanks. I know there's a lot more to do and see than we have any hope
of accomplishing in the two weeks we'll be there ... in the next couple
weeks I'll begin a skelton itinerary. Probably buy a road map loaded
GPS too and set up all the points we're most interested in. Damnit.
"Managing" the vacation is almost as bad as the managing I'm trying to
get a break from...
Cheers,
Alan
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Alan Browne

Re: Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

750 km radius from Denver gives you:
Lincoln, Nebraska
Wichita, Kansas
Amarillo & Lubbock, Texas
Sante Fe & Albuquerque, New Mexico
Grand Canyon
Salt Lake City, Utah
Twin Falls, Idaho
Yellowstone
Billings, Montana
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The entire state of Colorado
Pretty much all of Utah & Wyoming
Most of Nebraska & Kansas
Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle
Northern New Mexico and Arizona.
Depends on what you want ...
For flatlands, vast unbroken horizons go east
For majestic mountains go west.
Purple mountains majesty and amber waves of grain ... see Pikes Peak
just west of Colorado Springs.
Within the specified radius:
Colorado has Mesa Verde NP, Yucca House NM, Great Sand Dunes NM, Rocky
Mountain NP, and Dinosaur NM.
Kansas has Tallgrass Prairi Natinoal Preserve, Santa Fe National
Historic Trail, Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail, California
National Historic Trail
New Mexico has Aztec Ruins NM, Chaco Culture NHP, Capulin NM
Four Corners - common point to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
There's not a lot there, just a kind of country flea market & geodetic
marker.
Arizona has Canyon de Chelly NM, Petrified Forest & Painted Desert NP,
Meteor Crater, Grand Canyon NP
Utah has Rainbow Bridge NP, Natural Bridges NM, Zion NP, Golden Spike
NHS, the Great Salt Lake
Idaho has Craters of the Moon NM and the western part of Yellowstone NP
Wyoming has Yellowstone NP, Grand Teton NP, Devils Tower NM (Close
Encounters of the 3rd Kind)
Other than that, there's hardly anything worth seeing.


No_name

Re: Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

When will you be there?


Greg Campbell

Re: Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

For something completely different you might try the tallgrass prarie
preserve out in the plains not too far I think... I forget the name, try
google. Afternoon thundershowers, amber waves of grain & purple mountain
majesty in the far background could be stunning.
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Paul Furman

Re: Denver, radius of 750 km - vacation

...
There far more places to go than you have time to cover...
So, in no particular order:
Maroon Bells (near Aspen)
Rocky Mountain National Park
Cripple Creek
Mesa Verde National Park
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Cumbres and Toltec Railroad
Grand Canyon of the Gunnison
Georgetown Loop
Pike's Peak
Royal Gorge
Phantom Canyon Road between Canyon City and Cripple Creek (it is built on an
old narrow gauge railroad right of way)
There are lots of other places.
Jim


Jim

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