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Open House at Grand Prix Motorsports
About 225 miles
Visit Grand Prix Motorsports for an open house on
Wednesday from 11:30am to 1:00pm. Along the way, see the view of South Park from Kenosha Pass, stop for a milk shake at
Coney Island, ride our favorite twisty
roads on the southwest side of Denver, visit Tiny Town, and ride the Squaw Pass road to Echo Lake.
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 file, the full route
Garmin GPS Ver 3 file, full route
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 file, the twisties
This page in MS-Word format for easy printing.
Directions:
- CO-9 to Fairplay. (about 31 miles)
- Left on US-285 to the scenic turn-out at Kenosha Pass for some photos of South Park. (about 21 miles)
- Continue on US-285, then between milepost 220 and 221, just past Glen Isle Lodge, stop at
Coney Island
(looks like a hot dog) for a milk shake. (about 18 miles)
- Continue on US-285 through Bailey, across Crow Hill, through Conifer, and just past the King Soopers at Aspen Park. (about 19 miles)
- Right exit for Meyer Ranch Park and South Turkey Creek Canyon Road .
- Follow South Turkey Creek Canyon Road to the firehouse at Fenders. (about 5 miles)
- Right onto Deer Creek Canyon Road and follow it until it comes out of the hogback. (about 7.7 miles)
- Bear right which will take you to a traffic light on CO-121 (Wadsworth Blvd). Grand Prix Motorsports is about 3.5 miles away.
- Left (north) on Wadsworth, then right on the ramp onto C-470.
- East on C-470 to Santa Fe Blvd.
- Exit C-470, then left (north) on Santa Fe for two blocks to County Line Road.
- Right (east) on County Line.
Grand Prix Motorsports is the gold building just ahead on the left.
- FREE HOTDOGS AND T-SHIRTS
- Back to Deer Creek Canyon Road via County Line, Santa Fe, C-470, and Wadsworth. (about 5.8 miles)
- Follow Deer Creek Canyon Road to the fire station at Fenders. (about 7.7 miles)
- Right (north) on Turkey Creek Canyon Road to
Tiny Town. (about 3 miles)
- Take a look or tour of this very little town that dates from the 1930s.
- Back south to North Turkey Creek Canyon Road. (about 1.2 miles)
- Right (west) on North Turkey Creek Canyon Road, crossing under US-285.
- Follow North Turkey Creek Canyon Road to CO-73. (about 6.2 miles)
- Right (north) on CO-73 to Evergreen. (about 4 miles)
- Left (west) on CO-74 towards Bergen Park. (about 4.7 miles)
- Left (west) on CO-103 (Mt Evans Road) to Squaw Pass, Echo Lake, and Idaho Springs. (about 31 miles)
- I-70 to Frisco. (about 39 miles)
If you want to avoid navigating the somewhat confusing back roads, follow US-285 all the way to CO-470, taking the south / east
bound exit ramp onto C-470, then follow it to Santa Fe Blvd. On the way back, follow C-470 west / north to I-70 for the return to Frisco.
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