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Leadville
Leadville, Colorado
America's highest incorporated city, with Victorian streets and old mining history at 10,152 ft.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
A tough old silver mining town beneath Mount Elbert and Mount Massive, Colorado's two tallest peaks. The main street still has gold rush buildings, a mining museum and a historic opera house. It makes a high-altitude base for Twin Lakes and Independence Pass.
Good to know
- Expect to feel the altitude on stairs
- Tabor Opera House is worth a look
- Twin Lakes is a short drive for lakeside walks
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Paved, straight off US 24
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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