Colorado’s Smallest Towns You’ll Fall In Love With

One of my favorite things about exploring Colorado is that it’s just as easy to have a great time in the backcountry as it is in the city. Great adventures are not limited to ski resorts or National Parks.

Sometimes they are in towns with gravel streets, the smell of wood smoke in the air, and people still smile and say hello. Keep scrolling to check out Colorado’s tiniest towns that may be small in population, but they’re big in personality.

History You Can Still Touch

Visiting several of Western Colorado’s smallest towns is a great way to learn some Rocky Mountain mining history. You can still walk through Marble’s old mill site or Rico’s historical museum and find evidence of miners and ranchers all over the place. In big cities, history is often found on a plaque, but in towns like these, you can stand in it.

Postcard Scenery Without the Crowds

A visit to Crystal Mill near Marble, alpine roads around Ophir, or the star-filled skies over Norwood are just as incredible as anything going on at our state’s most famous parks. As you may have noticed, the populations of the towns in the gallery are all under 600. The upside to exploring some of the smallest towns on the Western Slope is fewer cars, shorter lines, and the feeling that you got to see something the tourists don’t even know exists.