The park has a total of five visitor centers, with park headquarters located at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center-a National Historic Landmark designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin West. In 2019, the park saw record attendance yet again with 4,678,804 visitors, a 44% increase since 2012. The park is one of the most visited in the National Park System, ranking as the third most visited national park in 2015.
In 2018, more than 4.5 million recreational visitors entered the park. In 1976, UNESCO designated the park as one of the first World Biosphere Reserves. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the main automobile route, Trail Ridge Road, in the 1930s. The Rocky Mountain National Park Act was signed by President Woodrow Wilson on January 26, 1915, establishing the park boundaries and protecting the area for future generations. The main features of the park include mountains, alpine lakes and a wide variety of wildlife within various climates and environments, from wooded forests to mountain tundra. The eastern and western slopes of the Continental Divide run directly through the center of the park with the headwaters of the Colorado River located in the park's northwestern region. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and Grand Lake to the west.
Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Location in the United States Show map of the United States
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