Lookout Mountain Road

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7.3 km

Length

+406 m

Ascent

−1 m

Descent

2,233 m

Highest point

Hairpins

7.3%

Max gradient

0h 10min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 2,233 m

19 °C partlycloudy

wind 3 m/s · clouds 79%

At the start

21 °C partlycloudy

wind 3 m/s · clouds 79%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	18 °C	19 °C	0.0 mm	3 m/s	partlycloudy
Friday 23 Oct	9 °C	22 °C	0.1 mm	4 m/s	clearsky
Saturday 24 Oct	6 °C	16 °C	0.5 mm	4 m/s	partlycloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:46 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: High mountain road
Surface: asphalt 100%

Roads nearby

Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway

51.4 km
Length: +220 m
Ascent

Peak to Peak Highway

95.7 km
Length: +1,990 m
Ascent

Peak to Peak Scenic Byway

98.5 km
Length: +2,103 m
Ascent

7.3 km · 7 hairpins · 2,233 m

Elevation profile

What does Lookout Mountain Road look like?

Landscape (6452896885) · Maarten Heerlien from Voorschoten, The Netherlands · CC BY 2.0

William Cody Rests Here (5893313032) · cogdogblog · CC BY 2.0

LarLoop4BuffBillgrave · Cathy Cline · CC BY-SA 3.0

View from Lookout Mountain Trail - panoramio · Thomson M · CC BY 3.0

2011-365-183 Just What CAN You Do? (5893320138) · cogdogblog · CC BY 2.0

Goldenpanoramabw4 · OneofThem from United States · CC BY 2.0

Ready... Set... Go... - panoramio · Jacob Montgomery · CC BY-SA 3.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Golden

39.74232, -105.22851

Finish

Jefferson County

39.73166, -105.23900

Along the road

Parking

Windy Saddle Park Trailhead 4.9 km · 2,108 m

Lookout Mountain Nature Center Parking and Trailhead 5.9 km · 2,183 m

Lookout Mountain Park 6.3 km · 2,202 m

43 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 6.8 km.

Toilets

6 unnamed places along the road, from 0.1 km to 6.6 km.

Viewpoints

Denver Mountain Parks 6.5 km · 2,212 m

12 unnamed places along the road, from 4.5 km to 7.0 km.