---
id: "2115"
name: Santa Fe Trail - Colorado
distance: "184"
duration: Four hours to drive the Colorado section of the byway
description: Colorado's Santa Fe Trail follows the path of caravans of traders. View existing historic sites, including trading posts, stage stops, graves, and ruins. Discover an undisturbed, pristine landscape while observing a diversity of wildlife habitats. Archaeological sites include pictographs, petroglyphs, Native American teepee rings, fire circles, and dinosaur tracks.
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websites:
  - url: https://www.codot.gov/travel/colorado-byways/southeast/santa-fe-trail
    name: Colorado Byways
  - url: https://www.colorado.com/byways/santa-fe-trail
    name: Colorado Travel Guide
  - url: https://www.coloradodirectory.com/maps/santafe.html
    name: Colorado Vacation Directory
  - url: https://nsbfoundation.com/nb/santa-fe-trail-national-scenic-byway/
    name: National Scenic Byway Association
  - url: https://www.americanlegacytours.org/colorado/santa-fe-trail-road-trip/
    name: National Travel Center
  - url: https://www.thearmchairexplorer.com/national_trails/santa-fe-trail.php
    name: The Armchair Explorer
attractions:
  - url: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/monte-vista
    name: Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/safe/index.htm
    name: Santa Fe National Historic Trail
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Colorado State Scenic Byway
states:
  - CO
part of:
  - "2287"
ll:
  - -102.04463199999992
  - 38.04804999999999
bounds:
  - - -104.52455099999997
    - 36.993862
  - - -102.04463199999992
    - 38.11631000000011

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Colorado's Santa Fe Trail follows the path of caravans of traders. View existing historic sites, including trading posts, stage stops, graves, and ruins. Discover an undisturbed, pristine landscape while observing a diversity of wildlife habitats. Archaeological sites include pictographs, petroglyphs, Native American teepee rings, fire circles, and dinosaur tracks.