List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

List of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. State of Colorado

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Arapahoe

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Baca

Bent

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Conejos

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Eagle

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El Paso

Fremont

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Gunnison

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Huerfano

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Las Animas

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Mesa

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Park

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Pueblo

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Routt

Saguache

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San Miguel

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Tell

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Yuma

This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado. There are 28 National Historic Landmarks in Colorado, two of which extend into New Mexico.^[1]

National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

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[2]	Landmark name	Image	Date designated[3]	Location	County	Description
1	Bent's Old Fort	More images	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	More images	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	More images	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)		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		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	More images	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		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	More images	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	More images	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)	More images	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	More images	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		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	More images	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	More images	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	More images	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)	More images	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	More images	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	More images	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	More images	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	More images	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)	More images	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		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	More images	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	More images	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		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		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		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		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

See also

• List of protected areas of Colorado
• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
• Outline of Colorado

Notes

References

External links

• State of Colorado
  • History Colorado
• United States federal government website
  • United States Department of the Interior website
    • National Park Service website
      • National Historic Landmarks

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 Protected areas of Colorado

Federal

4 National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain
9 National Monuments	Browns Canyon (BLM-USFS) Camp Hale-Continental Divide (USFS) Canyons of the Ancients (BLM) Chimney Rock (USFS) Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House
3 National Historic Sites	Amache Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre
2 National Recreation Areas	Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti
1 Wild and Scenic River	Cache la Poudre River
4 National Historic Trails	California Trail Old Spanish Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail
1 National Scenic Trail	Continental Divide Trail
11 National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Medicine Bow–Routt Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River
2 National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee
44 National Wildernesses	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black Ridge Canyons Buffalo Peaks Byers Peak Cache La Poudre Collegiate Peaks Comanche Peak Dominguez Canyon Eagles Nest Flat Tops Fossil Ridge Great Sand Dunes Greenhorn Mountain Gunnison Gorge Hermosa Creek Holy Cross Hunter–Fryingpan Indian Peaks James Peak La Garita Lizard Head Lost Creek Maroon Bells-Snowmass Mesa Verde Mount Evans Mount Massive Mount Sneffels Mount Zirkel Neota Never Summer Platte River Powderhorn Ptarmigan Peak Raggeds Rawah Rocky Mountain National Park Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek South San Juan Spanish Peaks Uncompahgre Vasquez Peak Weminuche West Elk
3 National Conservation Areas	Dominguez–Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons
8 National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds
3 National Heritage Areas	Cache la Poudre River Corridor Sangre de Cristo South Park
28 National Historic Landmarks	Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Bent's Old Fort Central City/Black Hawk Historic District Colorado Chautauqua Cripple Creek Historic District Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Denver Civic Center Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Elitch Gardens Carousel Georgetown–Silver Plume Historic District Granada War Relocation Center Leadville Historic District Lindenmeier site Lowry Pueblo Ludlow Tent Colony Site Mesa Verde Administrative District Minnequa Steel Works Pikes Peak Pike's Stockade Raton Pass Red Rocks Park Shenandoah-Dives Mill Silverton Historic District Telluride Historic District Temple Aaron Trujillo Homesteads United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area Winks Panorama
16 National Natural Landmarks	Big Spring Creek Garden of the Gods Garden Park Fossil Area Hanging Lake Indian Springs Trace Fossil Natural Area Lost Creek Scenic Area Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas Raton Mesa Roxborough Russell Lakes Sand Creek Slumgullion Earthflow Spanish Peaks Sulphur Cave and Spring Summit Lake West Bijou Site
National Register of Historic Places	National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado

State

43 State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Fishers Peak Golden Gate Canyon Harvey Gap Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lone Mesa Lory Mancos Mueller Navajo North Sterling Paonia Pearl Lake Ridgway Rifle Falls Rifle Gap Roxborough Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweetwater Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River
1 State Forest	State Forest
307 State Wildlife Areas	List of Colorado state wildlife areas
96 State Natural Areas	Aiken Canyon Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash Blacks Gulch Blue Mountain-Little Thompson Fault Bonny Prairie Boulder Mountain Park Brush Creek Fen California Park Castlewood Canyon Chalk Bluffs Coal Creek Tallgrass Prairie Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Comanche Grassland Copeland Willow Carr Corral Bluffs Cross Mountain Canyon Dakota Hogback Deer Gulch Dome Rock Droney Gulch Duck Creek Dudley Bluffs East Lost Park East Sand Dunes Elephant Rocks Escalante Canyon Fairview Fourmile Creek Fruita Paleontological Garden Park Fossil Gateway Palisade Geneva Basin Iron Fens Gothic Gunnison Gravels Haviland Lake High Creek Fen High Mesa Grassland Hoosier Ridge Hurricane Canyon Indian Spring Indian Springs Trace Fossil Irish Canyon Jimmy Creek Ken-Caryl Ranch Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Limestone Ridge Lookout Mountain Lower Greasewood Creek McElmo Mexican Cut Mini-Wheeler Miramonte Reservoir Mishak Lakes Mount Callahan & Logan Wash Mine Mount Emmons Iron Bog Mount Goliath Narraguinnep Needle Rock North Park Phacelia Orient Mine Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch Saddle Mountain San Miguel River Sand Creek Shell Duck Creek Shell Rock Slumgullion Earthflow South Beaver Creek South Boulder Creek South Cathedral Bluffs Specimen Mountain Staunton Tamarack Ranch Treasurevault Mountain Trinidad K-T Boundary Two Buttes Unaweep Seep Wacker Ranch West Creek Wheeler Geologic White Rocks Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area Zapata Falls
26 Scenic and Historic Byways	Alpine Loop Cache la Poudre-North Park Collegiate Peaks Colorado River Headwaters Dinosaur Diamond Flat Tops Trail Frontier Pathways Gold Belt Tour Grand Mesa Guanella Pass Highway of Legends Lariat Loop Los Caminos Antiguos Mount Evans Pawnee Pioneer Trails Peak to Peak San Juan Skyway Santa Fe Trail Silver Thread South Platte River Trail Top of the Rockies Tracks Across Borders Trail of the Ancients Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Unaweep Tabeguache West Elk Loop

Trails

28 National Recreation Trails	Apex Barr Bear Creek Big Dry Creek Calico Crag Crest Devils Head Fish Creek Falls Grays Peak Greyrock Mountain High Line Canal Highline Loop Lake Fork Mineral Belt Mount Evans Mount McConnel Petroglyph Point Platte River Greenway Poudre River Rocky Mountain Arsenal Round Mountain Swamp Park Two Elk Two Ponds Vail Pass West Lost Trail Creek Wheeler Ten Mile White House Ranch
6 Regional Trails	American Discovery Trail Colorado Trail Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Kokopelli's Trail Paradox Trail Tabeguache Trail

• Colorado Department of Natural Resources

38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W / 38.9972°N 105.5478°W / 38.9972; -105.5478 (State of Colorado)