MoreVisit us on YoutubeVisit us on FacebookVisit us on TwitterSearch The SiteColorado’s Oldest Living Trees Grow in A Secret LocationWes AdamsWes AdamsPublished: April 9, 2024Canva ProHave you ever been on a and spotted an old tree that looks like it's been there for a thousand years? It probably was. Did you know the oldest living trees in Colorado are believed to be nearly 2,400 to 2,500 years old?Read More: What are the oldest trees growing in Colorado, and where are they found? Let's take a closer look at a grove of ancient trees considered so special their exact location is kept a secret to help protect them.Get our free mobile appAmerica's Ancient Bristlecone PinesAncient Bristlecone Pine TreeByung_J_Roe from Getty Imagesloading...America's oldest trees are the . These are some of the oldest trees on earth and grow in small groves in the mountains of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California, as well as in Arizona, and New Mexico.The oldest Bristlecone Pines grow in the in California's White Mountains. says the trees in the White Mountains were seedlings when the pyramids were being built in Egypt, making them almost 5000 years old. These Bristlecones are classified as Pinus longaeva, different than the bristlecones that grow in Colorado,is one of the oldest organisms on earth.Colorado's Ancient TreesThe Centennial State's Bristlecone Pine is known as . While they don't live as long as the ones in California, they are also known as the Colorado Bristlecone and the Rocky Mountain Bristlecone. Most live for about 1500 years. The oldest Bristlecone Pines in Colorado are in a remote spot in the Pike National Forest. The small grove of trees ranges from 2,000 to 2,500 years old.Read More: Protected Connifers protects the Colorado Bristlecone Pines inside the Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forests, where cutting down these trees for any reason is illegal. Keep your eyes open on the Grand Mesa or the Colorado Plateau, and you may discover another grove of ancient Bristlecone Pines that nobody knows about. That's how all the others have been found. Good luck!LOOK: These 7 Historic Structures are Colorado’s Oldest BuildingsTake a trip back to the earliest days of Colorado by scrolling through this photo gallery of historic buildings. These are Colorado's seven oldest buildings, each of them dating back 166 years or longer.Gallery Credit: Wesley AdamsMORE: The Oldest Operating Movie Theatre in ColoradoColorado's oldest operating movie theatre has been entertaining audiences since 1913. Learn ten things you may not have known about the historic Park Theatre in Estes Park, Colorado, by scrolling through the photos below. Gallery Credit: Wesley AdamsKEEP GOING: 11 Cool Facts About Colorado’s Oldest Scenic and Historic BywayColorado's Peak to Peak Historic and Scenic Byway was the first road built to show off our state's forestlands and mountain peaks of the Front Range. Keep reading to learn eleven cool facts you may not have known about the first scenic byway to open in Colorado in 1918.Gallery Credit: Wesley AdamsFiled Under: , , , , Categories: , , More From 99.9 KEKB - Grand Junction's Favorite CountryThis 100-Year-Old Tunnel Changed Life in Colorado ForeverBears Near Grand Mesa Lodge: 5 Things Coloradans Should Know Right NowIs It Legal to Mow Your Lawn Early in The Morning in Colorado?Colorado Overlook Points Out 7 Great Grand Junction AttractionsZip Line Over The Colorado River In Grand Junction25 Western Colorado Shops With the Best Customer ServiceCyclists Can Now Ride The Nearly Complete Colorado Riverfront TrailLook: The Most Mysterious Buildings In Montrose, ColoradoThe History Behind Western Colorado’s Iconic Drive-In TheatersInformationFollow UsVisit us on YoutubeVisit us on FacebookVisit us on Twitter2025 99.9 KEKB. All rights reserved., Bristlecone pines have distinctive clusters of needles and prickly cones Credit: Terri Cook. To increase their chances of survival, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pines grow slowly, often adding only 1/100th of an inch in girth each summer and not adding any ring to their trunks during droughts. They typically grow between 9 and 25 feet tall., Pinus aristata, the Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine or Colorado bristlecone pine is a long-lived species of bristlecone pine tree native to the United States. It is found in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and northern New Mexico, with an isolated population in the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona..