Ouray

Ouray is a small town in Southwestern Colorado, magnificently situated in the San Juan Mountains and nicknamed "The Switzerland of America" for its scenery and outdoor recreational opportunities.

Get in
Ouray is at the northern end of the Million Dollar Highway, a famously scenic stretch of road (US highway 550) through the San Juan Mountains with its southern terminus at Silverton (Colorado) | If you're arriving from Durango, plan to take an hour and a half on the road, which has many tight hairpin turns over high passes and deep valleys and is not for the faint of heart (Million Dollar Highway from Silverton to Ouray). The northern approach on US 550 from Montrose is less dramatic. There is no air service to Ouray, but Montrose (35 miles N)& Durango (72 miles S) has commuter air service linking to Denver and other major cities.

Sleep

 * Beaumont Hotel -
 * Beaumont Hotel -
 * Beaumont Hotel -
 * Beaumont Hotel -
 * Beaumont Hotel -

Go next

 * Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Only 1 hour north
 * Ridgway State Park - Large reservoir for boating and fishing and swimming 20 minutes north of Ouray
 * Silverton - Drive the Million Dollar Highway to this other scenic mining town
 * Telluride - One hour scenic drive along the San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway
 * Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway - Beautiful drive along the San Miguel and Dolores River passed the Hanging Flume