Cemetery, Ghost, and Safari Tours
700 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, CO 80461 | (719) 486-1418 | Website >
Take a walk back in time and learn about Leadville’s amazing history. The Delaware Hotel, the town’s beautifully restored and last remaining Victorian hotel, offers a series of guided, narrated Leadville Safari tours from June through September. Local historian Roger Pretti, the author of Lost Between Heaven and Leadville: Specters, Spooks and Shades of the Departed in a Colorado Silver Camp, ...
Downtown Leadville Walking Tour
809 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, CO | (719) 486-3900 | Website >
Much of Leadville’s downtown—70 square blocks surrounding Harrison Avenue—is designated a National Historic Landmark District of Victorian architecture. In this colorful district, see buildings built between 1880 and 1905, including the largest opera house west of the Mississippi, the saloon visited by Oscar Wilde, and two historic 1879 churches. Maps are available at the Visitor Center at 809 Harrison Avenue in ...
Passport to Leadville History
809 Harrison Ave, Leadville, CO | (719) 486-3900 | Website >
Love history? Hit paydirt with the Passport to Leadville History! See eight museums for one low price. This combination ticket is on sale mid-May and is good through Labor Day for one visit to each of these eight museums: Heritage Museum Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin Matchless Mine National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum Tabor Home Tabor Opera House Temple Israel ...
Leadville National Fish Hatchery
2846 Highway 300, Leadville, CO 80461 | (719) 486-0189 | Website >
Watch fish swish at the Leadville National Fish Hatchery, built in 1889 and the nation’s second-oldest federal hatchery. Tours, Trails, and Picnics For a close-up view of the fish production process, take a self-guided tour through this brownstone building, with tanks of fish inside and out. Tours are available by appointment to organized groups. Walk the hatchery’s scenic one-mile nature trail ...
Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad
326 East 7th Street, Leadville, CO | (866) 386-3936 | Website >
Ride the Leadville scenic train, and step back in time to when mining and railroading were a large part of Leadville’s economy. This trip takes you high into an alpine environment with spectacular views of Colorado's highest peaks, wildflowers, and sometimes even wildlife. Old Rail Route High into the Wilderness Journey from Leadville’s depot, built in 1896, to the Continental Divide ...
Route of the Silver Kings
809 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, CO | (719) 486-3900 | Website >
Take a driving tour through the 20-square-mile historic mining district surrounding Leadville, on dirt roads. Most are passable in cars. The Route of the Silver King tour has 12 stops, including mines, power plants, ghost towns, and mining camps. Maps are available at the Visitor Center at 809 Harrison Avenue in Leadville. For the route, download a Heritage Guide or pick up ...
Twin Lakes Interlaken Boat Tours
5585-5591 CO-82, Twin Lakes, CO 81251 | (866) 936-3654 | Website >
Feel like an explorer while crossing Twin Lakes in a motor boat bound for Interlaken, a ghost resort on the lakes’ far shore that can only be reached by boat or by foot. On this narrated two-hour tour, enjoy the sparkling water and warm sun on some of Colorado's largest glacial lakes. Once the boat lands, roam the buildings where the ...