Telluride Historic District
A Victorian mining town designated as a National Historic Landmark District. Colorful wooden houses, old saloons and galleries line Colorado Avenue, with 4,000-meter snowy peaks behind.
Telluride rose during the gold and silver mining boom that began in 1878. In 1889, Butch Cassidy robbed his first bank here, and the former San Miguel Valley Bank building still stands on Colorado Avenue. The entire town is designated a National Historic Landmark District. Colorado Avenue and the surrounding streets preserve late-19th-century brick commercial buildings and colorful Victorian wooden houses, which now host galleries, boutiques, cafés and restaurants. The town sits in a box canyon surrounded on three sides by high mountains, and from almost any intersection you can see snowy peaks and waterfalls. The whole town can be explored on foot, and the free Galloping Goose shuttle runs a loop route. During the summer film festival and bluegrass festival, lodging prices soar, so book several months in advance.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Telluride Town Park
- Sheridan Opera House
- Telluride Historical Museum
- Telluride Gondola
- Telluride Ski Resort
- Bear Creek Trail & Falls
- Telluride Via Ferrata
- Bridal Veil Falls