Rocky Mountain National Park’s 415 square miles encompass and protect spectacular mountain environments. Enjoy Trail Ridge Road – which crests over 12,000 feet including many overlooks to experience the subalpine and alpine worlds – along with over 300 miles of… read more
“The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed a number of buildings and structures in Rocky Mountain National Park during the 1930s. The Bear Lake Comfort Station represents a modest structure exhibiting the use of uncoursed rubblestone indicative of the Rustic Style employed… read more
“The Fall River Entrance Historic District in Rocky Mountain National Park preserves an area of park administration buildings and employee residences built in the National Park Service Rustic style. The area is close to Estes Park, Colorado, at the original… read more
The Fern Lake Trail is one of the sites listed on the National Register (2/28/2005, 5LR.10920): “With the first complete route established by 1906, 4.8-mile Fern Lake Trail has long served tourists to Rocky Mountain National Park and the Estes… read more
“Associated with the early resort industry and tourism in the Estes Park region, the trail grew from the twentieth-century movement to develop national parks for public enjoyment. Completely relocated in 1925, a Depression-era New Deal federal relief agency, the Civilian… read more
The Gem Lake Trail at Rocky Mountain National Park is on the National Register of Historic Places, in part for its association with New Deal programs: “The trail is associated with the early resort industry and tourism in the Estes… read more
Moraine Park is an area within Rocky Mountain National Park. The lodge now houses the Moraine Park Museum: “Constructed in 1923, the log building sits on a foundation of uncoursed rubblestone. The lodge originally served as the central building of… read more
“The utility area reflects the National Park Service’s concern for blending structures with the natural environment. The half-log and plank buildings, begun in 1923 at the Beaver Meadows Entrance, were completed during the 1930s under government work projects. The property… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
