Hop aboard Estes Park’s summer season Free Visitor Shuttles and see the sights while you shop and enjoy entertainment options free from steering or navigation duties. Nearly all primary access routes to the core business area of Estes Park are located on the shuttle routes.

Riding the shuttles is free. Leave your car one of the Visitors Centers’ parking lots at the intersection of U.S. Hwys. 34 and 36 and take a ride east on Big Thompson Avenue to amusement and lodging areas, west to the Fall River Gateway Visitor Center on Fall River Road or southwest past several of the area’s campgrounds on its way to Rocky Mountain National Park’s Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.

All routes depart from the Estes Park Visitors Center, make stops in the downtown business area, and connect with Rocky Mountain National Park’s Hiker Shuttle that travels from the Visitors Center to the Park’s Park & Ride shuttle hub on Bear Lake Road.

Town shuttles operate daily beginning at 10 am from June 27 through August 30. Two routes continue operations every weekend in September while the southwest route operations are extended through the first two weekends in September. The last shuttle of the day on downtown Red Route and Eastbound Blue Route depart the Estes Park Visitors Center at 7:30 pm. The Southwestern Brown Route's last departure is at 7 pm.

The express “Hiker Shuttle” from the Town of Estes Park Visitors Center to the Park’s Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and continues to the Park & Ride.  The Hiker Shuttle operates daily from June 27 through Sept. 7. The Hiker Shuttle operates weekends only during the remainder of September. The first bus leaves the Town of Estes Park Visitors Center at 6:30 a.m. and the last bus will leave the Park & Ride bound for Estes Park at 8 p.m. on all scheduled days.  The hiker shuttle will run on an hourly schedule early and late in the day; switching to a half hour schedule during the peak of the day (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

A park pass will be required to board the bus.  The last bus of the day that returns to the park will leave the Estes Park Visitors Center at 7:30 p.m.

During that same time period, the Hiker Shuttle’s first run leaves the Estes Park Visitors Center at 6:30 am and the last bus leaves the Park & Ride (inside the Park) at 8 pm on all scheduled days.

Detailed maps showing the Shuttle Routes for the Town of Estes Park along with Rocky Mountain National Park's Hiker Shuttle and the Park's internal Shuttle Routes are available.