MILLERSBURG, OH (April 10, 2024) – The National Scenic Byway Foundation congratulates the Colorado Byways Collection as a winner of our 2024 Byway Award for Communications. This is one of the Foundation’s eight national awards presented annually.
The Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission is being honored for its Traveling Colorado Byways Photo Exhibit. Unveiled in 2018 at the Denver International Airport, this traveling photo exhibit has been on display at the Colorado State Capitol, the History Colorado Center, and the Colorado State Fair among other locations.
Currently, the Pawnee Pioneer Trails Scenic & Historic Byway is showing off Colorado’s Byways through a collection of 52 breathtaking color photographs along “Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways” at the Overland Trail Museum. The museum is on the eastern side of Sterling at 110 Overland Trail, Sterling, CO 80751, just off exit 125 on Highway I-76. These photos will be here through mid-April. They will be moved to the San Luis Valley from late April to late July, in conjunction with the Colorado Byways Symposium 2024 scheduled from May 1 to 4, which is hosted by the Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic & Historic Byway. The photos will complete the season at the Space to Create in Trinidad, CO from August to October 2024. Trinidad is a gateway community to the Highway of Legends and Santa Fe Trail National Scenic & Historic Byways.
The idea to have a Colorado Scenic & Historic Photo Exhibit started in 2015 when Colorado Byway representatives visited Hokkaido Scenic Byways and experienced photos displayed at the Sapporo Airport. Since 2018, the Exhibit has moved across Colorado showing off breathtaking color photographs along Colorado’s 26 Scenic and Historic Byways. The exhibit represents each of the byways located in 48 of Colorado’s 64 counties. The Colorado Byways collection includes 13 nationally designated byways, 10 National Forest Scenic Byways, and 2 Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byways. The Colorado Byways program is a statewide partnership intended to provide recreational, educational, and economic benefits to Coloradans and visitors.
The byways unite communities and the stories of their collective past. When traveling on any Colorado Byway, stop at a visitor center, ranger district, or Chamber of Commerce, to gather information, brochures, or maps. Check road conditions at www.COTrip.org. For additional information about the Colorado Byways, visit www.ColoradoByways.org,
The National Scenic Byway Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving as The National Voice of Scenic Byways and Roads, dedicated to strengthening Byways through education, training, and shared www.TravelByways.com, #ColoradoByways.
expertise. It is the vision of the National Scenic Byway Foundation that our nation’s designated Byways will be recognized and valued worldwide for their distinctive experiences, stories, and treasured places. For more information visit www.nsbfoundation.com; www.travelbyways.com; or email: info@nsbfoundation.com.
Colorado Scenic & Historic Byways Photo Exhibit, Denver International Airport.
