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415 square miles of Colorado Front Range, from the Bear Lake trailhead corridor to Longs Peak and the alpine tundra above treeline.
Rocky Mountain National Park spans over 415 square miles of the Colorado Front Range, from montane forest to alpine tundra above 12,000 feet. The Bear Lake Road corridor holds the park's most-visited trailheads — Bear Lake and Glacier Gorge — while Longs Peak, Wild Basin, and Roosevelt National Forest's boundary lands offer quieter alternatives.
GAO guides for this park:
- Best Summer Day Hikes from Bear Lake — trail-by-trail mileage and the 2026 timed entry system
- Best First-Come, First-Served Campgrounds Near RMNP — where to camp without a reservation
- Leave No Trace Above Treeline — why the alpine tundra here takes decades to recover from off-trail damage
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