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.
Accommodations
Activities near Colorado City
Federal Lands:
Scenic Drives:
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:
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Camping near Pueblo and the Reservoir
The southern front range offers its share of Colorado gems, and Pueblo makes a great base…