Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists
John Stuart Mill · en
From the Lincoln Highway the best route is by way of Greeley and
Loveland. Distances: Cheyenne to Greeley, 55.2 miles; Greeley to
Estes Park, 54.5 miles. There are two routes from Denver--via Longmont
and Lyons, 69.3 miles, and via Boulder, Boulder Cañon, and Lyons,
73.3. The best scenery is along the Boulder route.
[Illustration: MAP OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Prepared by R. B. Marshall, Chief Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey
Eastern boundary corrected to include addition in 1917]
Hotels
All the hotels in the Park are along the eastern boundary near the
town of Estes Park; there are also other hotels outside the Park and
near the town. The camps within the Park and the rates are as
follows:--
Lawn Lake, Bradley & Patrick $3.25 a day
Bear Lake, A. E. Brown 2.50 a day
Glacier Basin, A. E. Sprague 2.50 a day
Fern Lodge, F. W. Byerly 2.50 a day
On Thompson River, Byerly and Rogers 2.50 a day
At timber line on trail to Long's Peak, Enos A. Mills 3.25 a day
The address of all these camps is Estes Park, Colorado.
The rates at the hotels near Estes Park are as follows:--
Brinwood Hotel $2.50 to $3.50 a day; $12 to $20 a week
Brown Tea Pot Inn $2 to $4 a day; $12 to $25 a week
Columbines Hotel $3 a day; $14 to $20 a week
Elkhorn Lodge $3 a day and up; $16 a week and up
Fall River Lodge $2.50 to $4 a day; $12 to $25 a week
Forks Hotel $2 a day; $10 a week
Hewes-Kirkwood Ranch $2 to $3 a day; $14 to $18 a week
Horizon Hotel $2 to $3 a day; $12 to $18 a week
Horseshoe Inn $2.50 to $4 a day; $12 to $25 a week
Hupp Hotel $3 a day; $12 to $15 a week
Lester Hotel $2.50 to $3.50 a day; $12 to $20 a week
Lewiston Hotel $3 to $5 a day; $20 to $35 a week
Long's Peak Inn $3.50 to $6.50 a day; $15 to $40 a week
Moraine Lodge $2.50 a day; $12 to $20 a week
Park Hotel $2 to $3.50 a day; $10 to $20 a week
Rockdale Hotel $2 to $3 a day; $11 to $20 a week
Stanley Hotel $4 a day and up
Stead's Ranch and Hotel $11 to $16 a week
The Crags $2.50 to $5 a day; $14 to $35 a week
The following hotels are at Grand Lake near the western boundary of
the Park:--
Lehman's Hotel $2.00 a day
Langles Hotel 2.00 a day
Kauffman House 2.50 a day
Narwata Hotel 2.50 a day
The Rapid Hotel 2.50 a day
Trips
There are no scheduled trips in this Park and special arrangements
must be made. Horses cost $2.50 a day. The most important trips are
the following:--