Getting Here
For those who chose to drive, getting to Telluride is easy and with it's location as the Southwestern Colorado's hub, the journey to Telluride is a scenic adventure in its own right.
Driving Distances to Telluride
- Albuquerque, NM - 320 miles
- Cortez, CO - 75 miles
- Denver, CO - 330 miles
- Durango, CO - 125 miles
- Grand Junction, CO - 127 miles
- Gunnison, CO - 125 miles
- Las Vegas, NV - 585 miles
- Mesa Verde, CO - 100 miles
- Moab, UT - 130 miles
- Montrose, CO - 67 miles
- Ouray, CO - 50 miles
- Phoenix, AZ - 475 miles
- Ridgway, CO - 38 miles
- Salt Lake City, UT - 366 miles
- Santa Fe, NM - 280 miles
- Silverton, CO - 73 miles
From Montrose, Colo. (67 miles)
- Go south on Route 550 to Ridgway, then turn right on Route 62
- Follow this to Route 145 and turn left
- Follow the signs into Telluride
From Durango, Colo. (125 miles)
- Follow Route 160 fromDurangoto Mancos
- Turn right onto Route 184 toward Dolores
- Turn right onto Route 145, just south of Dolores
- Follow 145 towardTelluride
- Approximately 3 miles outside of town, there is a T-intersection—turn right and follow signs into Telluride
From Colorado Springs, Colo. (300 miles)
- Take Route 24 west
- Turn south on 258/24 and proceed to Route 50
- Turn right on Route 50
- Proceed overMonarchPassintoGunnisonand then to Montrose
- Turn left on Townsend and follow Route 550 south to Ridgway
- In Ridgway, turn right on Route 62
- Follow this to Route 145 and turn left
- Follow the signs into Telluride
From Denver, Colo. (330 miles)
- Take Interstate 70 west toGrand Junction; go south on Route 50 to Montrose
- Continue south on Route 550 to Ridgway, then turn right on Route 62
- Follow this to Route 145 and turn left
- Follow the signs into Telluride
