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Colorado City Colorado
Welcome to Colorado City. Photo: Jeffrey Beall

Colorado City, Colorado

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Situated just south of Pueblo on I-25, Colorado City has a small historic district. In 2010 it had a population of 2,193 people.

Greenhorn Mountain towers to over 12,000 feet in view, 7,000 feet above town. Most of the tourists come to town for the area’s stellar recreation in the surrounding San Isabel National Forest.

Main Attractions

Frontier Pathways – Colorado City sits at the southern start of this 103 mile byway, which retraces to the early routes of the area’s explorers. It T-bones north at CO-96, where you can continue either east or west on the byway to Pueblo or Westcliffe, respectively.

Recreation

Read about Camping near Pueblo and the Reservoir.

Read about the Camping near Westcliffe and Rye, around the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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Activities near Colorado City

Federal Lands:

  • San Isabel National Forest

Scenic Drives:

  • Frontier Pathways

State Parks:

  • Lathrop (28mi)
  • Lake Pueblo (32mi)

Towns:

  • Aguilar (42mi)
  • Colorado Springs (69mi)
  • Cuchara (52mi)
  • Farist (22mi)
  • Fountain (57mi)
  • Greenwood (42mi)
  • La Veta (41mi)
  • Ludlow (48mi)
  • Pueblo (26mi)
  • Rye (6mi)
  • Trinidad (61mi)
  • Walsenburg (25mi)
  • Wetmore (53mi)

Transportation:

  • Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB) (35mi)

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