Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway
Divide Road Turnoff, CO

Providing access to over 1000 square miles of the Uncompahgre National Forest and BLM lands. Divide Road runs 100 miles (161 km) over the top of the Uncompahgre Plateau to its southern end in Ridgway. Forested with Ponderosa Pine, Colorado Spruce and Aspen, the Uncompahgre National Forest provides excellent recreational opportunities as well as watershed, summer cattle grazing and other natural resources. Adventurous UTBW travelers can take a three-mile drive up the steep switchbacks of Divide Road to the old Taylor Granite Quarry where they will be rewarded with a stunning view of Unaweep Canyon. On the opposite side of Unaweep Canyon, look to the north for a large man-made opening. Here in the early 1940’s the Army Corp of Engineers conducted experiments on the effects of explosives on granite.