Touring - route from Denver to Mt. Rushmore

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c_bake
10-13-06, 10:44 PM
Anybody know a nice, safe route from Denver to Mt. Rushmore? Any info is welcome.


jamawani
10-13-06, 11:04 PM
From Greeley:

Country roads thry Briggsdale and Hereford
Wyo Hwy 214 north
Hwy 213 north
Hwy 216 east
Hwy 215 north to LaGrange
Neb Hwy 88 6 miles
County Roads north to Mitchell
Hwy 29 Mitchell to Harrison
US 20 Harrison to Crawford
Hwy 71 Crawford to Hot Springs, SD
US 385/Hwy 87 thru Custer Park

Also - consider the Mickelson Trail
from Edgemont
http://www.mickelsontrailcoalition.com/

Avoid US 85 in Colo and near Cheyenne
Avoid Hwy 71 in Colo and S. of Scottsbluff