MotoRevRoute Scenic Staff Pick
Rim Rock Drive
Fruita to Grand Junction
- Distance
- 31 mi
- Riding Time
- 1h 16m
- Climb
- 4,006 ft
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Surface
- Paved
- Character
- Twisty
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- April to June and September to October. Summer afternoons are very hot.
- Closures
- Open all year, though snow and rockfall occasionally close sections for a short time. A park entrance fee applies.
- Fuel
- Fuel in Fruita and Grand Junction. None inside the monument.
- Watch For
- Steep drops with low walls, rockfall, many cyclists on the climbs, bighorn sheep, and drivers stopping at overlooks.
Weather Along the Route
Forecast at the hour you reach each point, from the riding time. Leave Departure empty to leave now. Forecast from Open-Meteo.
Rim Rock Drive runs through Colorado National Monument between Fruita and Grand Junction, climbing to the rim of red sandstone canyons and following the edge past overlooks of Independence Monument and the Grand Valley. It includes short tunnels and switchbacks cut into the cliff.
Stops
- StartFruita
- FinishGrand Junction
