Editors' picks across 8categories — the dock with the deepest channel, the winery with the view, the restaurant with the right wine list, the trail nobody's on at sunrise.
A restaurant at the historic Grand Lake Lodge, established 1920, serving elevated New American fare with views over Grand Lake.
A river-side restaurant inside a lodge building dating to 1915, built around seafood, steak, and vegetarian dishes with an extensive wine list.
A boardwalk BBQ restaurant on Grand Ave with a large local following.
Brick-fired pizza, a full bar, and arcade games on Grand Ave, with live music, open mic, and weekend karaoke in peak season.
A historic saloon established 1934, known for its "Boardwalk Burger," with late-night live music and dancing.
Small-batch ice cream made daily plus burgers and grill fare near the marina and beach, with weekly-rotating flavors.
On-site brewed beer with ten rotating taps and pub food on Grand Ave, with an attached inn.
A National Recreation Trail built in 1913, inside Rocky Mountain National Park, leading to Adams Falls (0.8 miles round trip) and continuing to Lone Pine Lake, Lake Verna, and Spirit Lake.
One of only two USDA-certified-organic mushroom farms in Colorado, growing Lion's Mane, Pioppino, King Trumpet, Oyster, Reishi, and other varieties on about an acre near town, sold wholesale and through local grocers.
A marina directly on Grand Lake operating since 1972, renting pontoons, sport boats, kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards.
A Town of Grand Lake-owned marina across from Lakefront Park, renting pontoons, paddleboats, and fishing boats, with free day-use public boat slips and guided one-hour scenic pontoon tours.
A private club on Grand Lake, commonly described as the highest-elevation registered yacht club in the world at roughly 8,269 feet, a legacy of early Denver society families who summered on the lake.
A wooden boardwalk dating to 1881, originally built by shop owners to keep customers out of mud and dust, now lined with more than 60 shops, restaurants, and bars in Old West-style storefronts.
A log building built in 1892 by prospector Ezra Kauffman, operated as a hotel until 1920 — the only surviving log hotel built in Grand Lake before 1900, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and restored as a museum in 1973.