Silver Thread Scenic Byway
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• Silver Thread Scenic Byway Overview
  

  A 75-mile drive between Lake City and South Fork, the Silver Thread Scenic Byway offers not only scenic beauty and natural wonders, but also a deep history forged through abandoned gold and silver mines and boomtowns found along Highway 149. At the height of Colorado's...

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Road Trips

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Places

See a list of all the Places to Visit along Silver Thread Scenic Byway (4)