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Something to Treasure
Greetings!
Lake City is a friendly little town located in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. People who visit Lake City come back, year after year, bringing their family and friends for generations. Come find out why! Plan your own "heirloom vacation" to Lake City, and discover why Lake City is Your Cure for the Common Crowd.
Lodging and camping spots tend to fill quickly during July and August, so it's a good idea to make your reservations ahead of time. Go directly to our Lodging Page, or to our Camping Page.
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Free or Cheap (and Fabulous)
Things to Do in Lake City
Cook outside, over a fire, with friends and family. Roast marshmallows.
Bring your camera out for a photography safari, and take photos of the abundant wildlife and flowers.
Stargazing at our velvety dark sky and hunting for meteors. |
| Passport to the Past:
A Historic Lake City Geocache Adventure
Have fun with your friends and family by visiting some of Lake City's most interesting historic sites. Use your own GPS unit to find ten different caches hidden at specified coordinates. Pick up a souvenir label at each cache, and receive a souvenir pin when you find all ten. This geocache adventure is free and open to all ages. Pick up your free passport at the Lake City Visitor Center at 800 Gunnison Avenue to get started. Visit our web page for more information or call 800-569-1874. | |
| More Than Just a Drive: Activities Along the Alpine Loop National Backcountry Byway
This 65-mile loop drive starts and ends in Lake City, and will take you well above timberline, over 12,000 ft passes, through wildflower-filled meadows, and past relics from the mining boom of the late 1800s. Parts of the Alpine Loop are accessible by 2-wheel drive vehicles, but crossing Engineer and Cinnamon Passes requires a four-wheel drive vehicle. You can rent your own jeep or ATV, or take a guided tour and let someone else do the driving.
There are plenty of opportunities to leave your vehicle and have even more fun. Don't forget your camera! Along the Alpine Loop, you'll find:
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Take a Virtual Tour of Lake City
We invite you to check out a feature of our website, a virtual tour of Lake City, courtesy of Google Street View. Move along Highway 149 and Silver Street, and spin the screen around a full 360 degrees at any point. If you've never been to Lake City, or if you're looking to visit when you can't be here in person, this is a really cool feature. Here's the link: Virtual Tour of Lake City. | |
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Upcoming
Events In July
July 15, 23, 30 Michael Martin Murphey
July 15 & 16. Always...Patsy Cline
July 17. Honky Tonk Piano Exhibit Opening Reception
July 17. Beth Wood
July 17, 18, 24, 31. Tough Cookies and The Oldest Living Confederate Widow: Her Confession
July 18. Town Wide Yard Sale
July 20-24. Kids' Art Camp
July 20. The Trial of Alferd Packer
July 21. Annual Juried Arts & Crafts Festival
July 21. Kort McCumber
July 21. Outdoor Series: Recognizing and Interpreting Historic Mining
Sites and Artifacts along the Alpine Loop
July 22. Lake City Open Golf Tournament
July 23. The Trial of Alferd Packer
July 23. Lewis & Clark, a presentation
July 25. Denver Brass 5
July 26. Christmas In July Library Book Event
July 27. Round Mountain
July 20, 23, 28, 30. The Trial of Alferd Packer
July 27-31. Adult Art Camp
July 28. Outdoor Series: High Country WIldflowers Walk and Talk
July 31. Interior Tour of Historic Homes
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