Rocky Mountain National Park

this park is definitely worth coming to! (even if you’ve seen a lot of mountains) wildlife: i saw a herd of like at least 100 elk traveling through the forest near the road!!! I also saw a mother moose and her young. a few deer with large horns too. and a sheep near sheep lake in the middle of the day. this may be the best wildlife viewing i’ve been through compared to yellowstone, badlands, and grand teton. views: the mountain byway is steep & rly amazing to see. you are almost level with the clouds which is crazy! you can see the alpine tundra up close & have plenty of viewing spots. the only thing i’m not crazy about is having to secure a timed reservation to enter the park & you cannot be a little early. although tickets reset everyday it is still hard to get times in the early morning because the sell out within 5 minutes. also, i couldnt get access to bear lake because the times for that sold out even quicker unless it was late in the afternoon. i understand why there are reservations tho.

Awesome park. This is a beautiful park with incredible mountain trails for all ages and levels with bonus trout filled lakes if that's your thing. Had a blast. Third time here and still planning on going back.

The most beautiful place I've ever been. Absolutely stunning nature everywhere you look from the mountains, lakes, rushing creeks and streams, to the waterfalls. Awesome trails that offer a range of challenges but always reward you with beautiful views. The park is very popular, so recommend planning ahead and arriving early. Reservations may be required depending on the time of the year.

The Rocky Mountains was gorgeous. I just wish I had more time to be there. We weren't able to get entry until 12:00 p.m. And by the time we made it in we had just a little bit less than an hour before we needed to be at Estes Park for our ATV. So the little bit that we could get to see and drive through was gorgeous.

I just love this park so much. I probably been 20 times and on the same trails multiple times, and nothing ever gets old. It's just a magical place. Also thank you to the staff and Park Rangers for keeping things running so smoothly and keeping things extremely clean! We had to use the timed entry in early August and we were able to secure tickets the night before at 7pm on the dot. We actually got the earliest timeslot and arrived around 5:30am and were able to get parking places at all of the major trailheads!