HIKES ABOUT 90 MINUTES FROM DENVER
Once you adventure over an hour outside of Denver, you're in for a treat. This is where those snow capped Rocky Mountains are no longer a distant dream--now you can hike them. About two hours outside Denver, in Estes Park, Colorado, you gain access to the hiking trails of Rocky Mountain National Park with their waterfalls, gorges, and wildlife. If you drive this far, it means that you're making a day of it, so pack a good daypack, and the ten essentials. Explore our hiking trail profiles below and come back to see what we've added since your last visit to Dayhikes Near Denver.
Aaron Johnson has been hiking in Colorado for over 20 years. The owner and editor of Dayhikes Near Denver, Aaron writes every trail profile as a local guide who has hiked hundreds of miles of trails along the Front Range and deep in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.