Ghost Towns in Colorado

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141 ghost towns

21% sit on public land · 75 with a free-licensed photo

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  • BLM 3
  • National Forest 15
  • National Park Service 2
  • State 4
  • City, county 3
  • Tribal 2
  • Military, DOE 3
  • Private or unlisted 109
Illustration of a desert landscape
Illustration of the most common landscape type among Colorado's ghost towns.

The largest share, 109 of 141, sits on land missing from the public lands database, which usually means private property: look from the road unless the owner says otherwise. Each town page has the land manager, monthly weather and the nearest open town.

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  • BLM 3
  • National Forest 15
  • National Park Service 2
  • State 4
  • City, county 3
  • Tribal 2
  • Military, DOE 3
  • Private or unlisted 109

Each dot is a ghost town, colored by who manages the land at its location. Labels mark the most searched. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

Most searched in Colorado

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All 141 by county

Adams County 1

Archuleta County 3

Bent County 3

Boulder County 2

Chaffee County 5

Clear Creek County 3

Conejos County 1

Costilla County 1

Custer County 3

Denver County 1

Douglas County 1

Eagle County 4

El Paso County 8

Elbert County 2

Fremont County 2

Garfield County 1

Gilpin County 2

Grand County 2

Gunnison County 7

Hinsdale County 2

Huerfano County 4

Jackson County 2

Jefferson County 2

Kiowa County 1

Kit Carson County 1

La Plata County 1

Lake County 3

Larimer County 5

Las Animas County 12

Mesa County 2

Mineral County 1

Moffat County 2

Montrose County 1

Morgan County 1

Otero County 1

Ouray County 7

Park County 5

Pitkin County 3

Pueblo County 2

Routt County 3

Saguache County 2

San Juan County 5

San Miguel County 2

Summit County 6

Teller County 3

Washington County 2

Weld County 6

Yuma County 1

County not recorded 1

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