[2]
Landmark name
Image
Date designated
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Location
County
Description
1
Bent's Old Fort
Bent's Old Fort
December 19, 1960 (
#66000254 )
La Junta
38°02′23″N 103°25′36″W / 38.0397748°N 103.4266500°W / 38.0397748; -103.4266500 (Bent's Old Fort )
Otero
Adobe fort built in 1833 to trade with Plains Indians and trappers, on
Santa Fe Trail
2
Central City/Black Hawk Historic District
Central City/Black Hawk Historic District
July 4, 1961 (
#66000246 )
Central City and
Black Hawk
39°48′04″N 105°30′47″W / 39.8010090°N 105.5130620°W / 39.8010090; -105.5130620 (Central City/Black Hawk Historic District )
Gilpin
Former gold mining camps in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, once known as the 'Richest Square Mile on Earth
3
Colorado Chautauqua
Colorado Chautauqua
February 10, 2006 (
#78000830 )
Boulder
39°59′54″N 105°16′49″W / 39.9983190°N 105.2802682°W / 39.9983190; -105.2802682 (Colorado Chautauqua )
Boulder
This 1898
Chautauqua is the only one West of the Mississippi, one of only four
continuously operating since its inception, and the only one open year round.
4
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex (Minnequa Steel Works)
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex
January 13, 2021 (
#100006242 )
215 and 225 Canal St.
38°14′17″N 104°36′46″W / 38.23804°N 104.61287°W / 38.23804; -104.61287 (Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Administration Complex )
Pueblo
First major steel works west of the Mississippi.
5
Cripple Creek Historic District
Cripple Creek Historic District
July 4, 1961 (
#66000939 )
Cripple Creek
38°44′48″N 105°10′31″W / 38.7467790°N 105.1753060°W / 38.7467790; -105.1753060 (Cripple Creek Historic District )
Teller
The gold mining town of Cripple Creek and the surrounding hills
6
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
October 16, 2012 (
#73000462 )
Antonito, CO and
Chama, NM
37°04′11″N 106°00′43″W / 37.06972°N 106.01202°W / 37.06972; -106.01202 (Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad )
Conejos, CO ,
Archuleta, CO , and
Rio Arriba, NM
Longest & most complete representation of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railroading.
7
Denver Civic Center
Denver Civic Center
October 16, 2012 (
#12001017 )
Denver
39°44′21″N 104°59′20″W / 39.7391667°N 104.9888889°W / 39.7391667; -104.9888889 (Denver Civic Center )
Denver
City Beautiful -era civic center.
8
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
July 4, 1961 (
#66000247 )
Durango to
Silverton
37°16′09″N 107°52′57″W / 37.26912°N 107.88253°W / 37.26912; -107.88253 (Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad )
La Plata and
San Juan
Narrow gauge mining railroad which has continued to serve as a tourist line between
Durango and
Silverton
9
Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District
Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District
November 13, 1966 (
#66000243 )
Georgetown and
Silver Plume
39°42′22″N 105°41′51″W / 39.7060984°N 105.6975041°W / 39.7060984; -105.6975041 (Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District )
Clear Creek
Historic district which includes the silver mining towns of
Georgetown and
Silver Plume as well as the 1884 railway engineering marvel which connects them, the
Georgetown Loop Railroad .
10
Granada Relocation Center (Amache National Historic Site)
Granada Relocation Center
February 10, 2006 (
#94000425 )
Granada
38°02′55″N 102°19′42″W / 38.0486203°N 102.3282454°W / 38.0486203; -102.3282454 (Granada Relocation Center )
Prowers
World War II
Japanese American internment center
11
Leadville Historic District
Leadville Historic District
July 4, 1961 (
#66000248 )
Leadville
39°14′50″N 106°17′29″W / 39.2472900°N 106.2913170°W / 39.2472900; -106.2913170 (Leadville Historic District )
Lake
Historic
Leadville, Colorado mining district and village area
12
Lindenmeier site
Lindenmeier site
January 20, 1961 (
#66000249 )
Norfolk
40°58′48″N 105°03′44″W / 40.979898°N 105.062256°W / 40.979898; -105.062256 (Lindenmeier site )
Larimer
The only extensive
Folsom culture campsite yet found with artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE.
13
Lowry Ruin
Lowry Ruin
July 19, 1964 (
#66000253 )
Pleasant View
37°35′05″N 108°55′13″W / 37.58469°N 108.92017°W / 37.58469; -108.92017 (Lowry Ruin )
Montezuma
Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site from 1060 with a very large
kiva
14
Ludlow Tent Colony Site
Ludlow Tent Colony Site
January 16, 2009 (
#85001328 )
Ludlow
37°20′21″N 104°35′02″W / 37.3392453°N 104.5837849°W / 37.3392453; -104.5837849 (Ludlow Tent Colony Site )
Las Animas
Site of 1914 miners' strike that culminated in
Ludlow Massacre
15
Mesa Verde Administrative District
Mesa Verde Administrative District
May 29, 1987 (
#87001410 )
Mesa Verde National Park
37°11′03″N 108°29′17″W / 37.1841624°N 108.4881439°W / 37.1841624; -108.4881439 (Mesa Verde Administrative District )
Montezuma
First buildings built by the
National Park Service with intent to reflect cultural traditions in the park area, built in 1921
16
Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6 (Burlington Carousel)
Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6
February 27, 1987 (
#78000861 )
Burlington
39°18′33″N 102°16′14″W / 39.3090670°N 102.2706890°W / 39.3090670; -102.2706890 (Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel #6 )
Kit Carson
Carousel built for
Elitch Gardens in 1905. In 1928 it moved to
Kit Carson County fairgrounds where it remains open today. It is the only antique carousel in America retaining its original paint on both the scenery panels and the animals, and it is the only surviving
Philadelphia Toboggan Company menagerie carousel.
17
Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak
July 4, 1961 (
#66000245 )
Colorado Springs
38°50′26″N 105°02′42″W / 38.8405839°N 105.0449035°W / 38.8405839; -105.0449035 (Pikes Peak )
El Paso
Pike's Peak (everything above 14,000 feet (4,300 m) elevation). This mountain was inspiration for "
America the Beautiful " as well as the motto "
Pike's Peak or Bust "
18
Pike's Stockade
Pike's Stockade
July 4, 1961 (
#66000244 )
Sanford
37°17′37″N 105°48′37″W / 37.2936205°N 105.8102975°W / 37.2936205; -105.8102975 (Pike's Stockade )
Conejos
Explorer
Zebulon Pike set up a fort here.
19
Raton Pass
Raton Pass
December 19, 1960 (
#66000474 )
Trinidad, CO and
Raton, NM
36°59′28″N 104°29′12″W / 36.9911344°N 104.4866544°W / 36.9911344; -104.4866544 (Raton Pass )
Las Animas, CO and
Colfax, NM
Mountain pass between New Mexico and Colorado
20
Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp
Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp
August 4, 2015 (
#90000725 )
Morrison, CO
39°39′56″N 105°12′21″W / 39.6655433°N 105.2058221°W / 39.6655433; -105.2058221 (Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp )
Jefferson
Denver Mountain Park and camp where workers stayed while building the park's amphitheater.
21
Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building (Beaver Meadows Visitor Center)
Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building
January 3, 2001 (
#01000069 )
Estes Park
40°21′59″N 105°33′40″W / 40.3662840°N 105.5610180°W / 40.3662840; -105.5610180 (Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building )
Larimer
Also known as the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, it was designed by
Taliesin Associated Architects , their first major work after
Frank Lloyd Wright had died. It demonstrated how modern architecture could be successful inside the National Parks and was the last significant project in
Mission 66 .
22
Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill
Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill
February 16, 2000 (
#00000262 )
Silverton
37°49′44″N 107°37′39″W / 37.8288855°N 107.6275605°W / 37.8288855; -107.6275605 (Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill )
San Juan
Only surviving example of a selective flotation mill in Colorado.
23
Silverton Historic District
Silverton Historic District
July 4, 1961 (
#66000255 )
Silverton
37°48′46″N 107°39′46″W / 37.8128640°N 107.6627670°W / 37.8128640; -107.6627670 (Silverton Historic District )
San Juan
Former silver mining town, home of the
Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill and one end of the
Durango-Silverton Narrow-Gauge Railroad
24
Telluride Historic District
Telluride Historic District
July 4, 1961 (
#66000256 )
Telluride
37°56′15″N 107°48′45″W / 37.9375170°N 107.8124040°W / 37.9375170; -107.8124040 (Telluride Historic District )
San Miguel
Former gold mining boomtown, it is now an artistic retreat and a ski resort town
25
Temple Aaron
Temple Aaron
December 11, 2023 (
#100009802 )
Trinidad
37°09′59″N 104°30′10″W / 37.16637°N 104.50285°W / 37.16637; -104.50285 (Temple Aaron )
Las Animas
One of the oldest synagogues in Colorado
26
Trujillo Homesteads
Trujillo Homesteads
February 1, 2012 (
#03001544 )
Mosca
37°44′02″N 105°44′11″W / 37.73382°N 105.73636°W / 37.73382; -105.73636 (Trujillo Homesteads )
Alamosa
Early ranch settlement (1880s) in the San Luis Valley, with a surviving period ranch house; located on a
Nature Conservancy property near
Great Sand Dunes National Park .
27
United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area
United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area
April 1, 2004 (
#04000484 )
Colorado Springs
39°00′31″N 104°53′25″W / 39.0086350°N 104.8902880°W / 39.0086350; -104.8902880 (United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area )
El Paso
Bold use of
Modern architecture at the
United States Air Force Academy , especially with the
Cadet Chapel
28
Winks Panorama
Winks Panorama
December 13, 2023 (
#100009805 )
Pinecliffe
39°55′16″N 105°27′25″W / 39.92111°N 105.45694°W / 39.92111; -105.45694 (Winks Panorama )
Gilpin
Hotel that catered to African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century