Location & Directions

Location and Site-Map


Directions to Rock Bottom Ranch from Aspen:
  • Just past Basalt, turn left at the stoplight off of 82 onto Willits Lane
  • Turn left onto Hooks Bridge to cross the Roaring Fork River
  • After bridge, take an immediate right onto Hooks Spur Road
  • Hooks Spur Road (approximately 2 miles) dead ends at Rock Bottom Ranch

Directions to Rock Bottom Ranch from Carbondale:
  • Just past El Jebel, turn right off of 82 onto Willits Lane
  • Turn right onto Hooks Bridge to cross the Roaring Fork River
  • After bridge, take an immediate right onto Hooks Spur Road
  • Hooks Spur Road (approximately 2 miles) dead ends at Rock Bottom Ranch
The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) is a non-profit environmental education center, now with THREE locations:


ACES at Hallam Lake in Aspen
SUMMER HOURS: Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm
Tel: 970.925.5756
Fax: 970.925.4819
aces@aspennature.org
100 Puppy Smith St.
Aspen, CO 81611

ACES at Rock Bottom Ranch in Basalt
SUMMER HOURS: Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm
Tel: 970.927.6760
Fax: 970.927.6703
rockbottom@aspennature.org
2001 Hooks Spur Road
Basalt, CO 81621

ACES at Toklat in Castle Creek Valley
SUMMER HOURS: Tue - Sun: 10:30am - 6pm
Tel: 970.925.9157
Fax: 970.925.4819
toklat@aspennature.org
11247 Castle Creek Road
Aspen, CO 81611

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