National and State Register

Crags Lodge (Golden Eagle Resort)

Larimer County

The Crags Lodge, under the guidance of its founder and owner, Joe Mills, offered comfortable lodging, good food, and spectacular mountain scenery to Estes Park tourists from 1914 through 1935. 

A view of the building from a slight angle with large pine tree in front. The building has several bay windows on the second floor, long rows of windows on the first, and a balcony on the gabled roof.

Crags Lodge (Golden Eagle Resort) (1997 photograph.)

Mills made a major contribution to the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park through his writings and speeches.  He continued to influence the early management of the park through his spirited and successful advocacy for a policy to limit public conveyances on park roads.

National Register

Address

300 Riverside Dr., Estes Park

Site Number

5LR.743