Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
AROUND ESTES PARK
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Enos Mills Cabin Museum & Gallery
Naturalist Enos Mills (1870-1922) led the struggle to establish Rocky Mountain National
Park. His infectious enthusiasm and passion for nature lived on with his daughter Enda
Mills Kiley (who sadly passed away in 2009). Her father's incredible history is documen-
ted in his tiny
cabin
OFFLINE MAP
( 970-586-4706;
www.enosmills.com
;
6760 Hwy 7; adult/child under 12yr
$5/3; 11am-4pm Tue & Wed summer; )
, built in 1885.
The Mills family maintains an interpretive nature trail leading from the parking lot to the
cabin, where news clippings and photographs recount Enos Mills' advocacy for the protec-
tion of the wild. Reprints and vintage copies of many of Mills' 16 books are available for
sale at the cabin, in addition to an outstanding collection of his writings edited by Enda,
Adventures of a Nature Guide
(New Past Press, 1990).
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MacGregor Ranch Museum
In 1872 Alexander and Clara MacGregor arrived in Estes Park and settled beside Black
Canyon Creek near Lumpy Ridge. Their granddaughter Muriel MacGregor bequeathed the
ranch
( 970-586-3749;
www.macgregorranch.org
;
180 MacGregor Lane; 10am-4pm Tue-Sat Jun-Aug)
as an
educational trust upon her death. It's a living museum featuring original living and working
quarters; the ranch still raises Black Angus cattle. It's 1 mile north of Estes Park off Devils
Gulch Rd.
An NPS scenic and conservation easement helps fund the operation, and provides trail
access to Lumpy Ridge.
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