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Rim Rock Drive is OPEN - Visitor Center is OPEN 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rim Rock Drive is OPEN Be on the lookout for Desert Bighorn Sheep along Rim Rock Drive. There also may be minor traffic delays near the East Entrance over the coming weeks. Watch for construction flaggers on the roadway.
Rim Rock Drive Timeline
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Rim Rock Drive timeline (18.6 KB pdf) 
Trailblazer John Otto.
Preparing the road cushion.
Masonry work from the 1930s still exists today.
Rock work on Rim Rock Drive.
The fence crew.
The bison fence.
The crew at Cold Shivers.
The road becomes Serpents Trail.
Trail of the Serpent.
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Did You Know?
Each Independence Day, local climbers scale the iconic Independence Monument in Colorado National Monument and raise an American flag on top. This tradition dates back to early park promoter John Otto, whose route up Independence Monument climbers still follow.