St. Elmo, San Isabel National Forest

Name: St. Elmo
Address: San Isabel National Forest, United States

#39 among attractions in San Isabel National Forest

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St. Elmo is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1880, St. Elmo lies in the heart of the Sawatch Range, 20 miles southwest of Buena Vista and sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet. Nearly 2,000 people settled in this town when mining for gold and silver started. The mining industry started to decline in the early 1920s, and in 1922 the railroad discontinued service. The community is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the St. Elmo Historic District. It is one of Colorado's best preserved ghost towns. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 38°42'17"N, 106°20'42"W

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San Isabel National Forest United States

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St. Elmo – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Antero, Mount Princeton, Tabeguache Peak, Cronin Peak.

5.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Antero, San Isabel National Forest
146 min walk • Mount Antero is the highest summit of the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,276-foot fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.2 miles southwest by south of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
6.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Princeton, San Isabel National Forest
161 min walk • Mount Princeton is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
7.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tabeguache Peak, San Isabel National Forest
191 min walk • Tabeguache Peak is one of the fourteeners of the US state of Colorado. It is a near neighbor of the higher peak Mount Shavano, which lies approximately 1/2 mile to the southeast, and is close to being a subpeak of the latter.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cronin Peak, San Isabel National Forest
122 min walk • Cronin Peak is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,877-foot thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.9 miles southwest by west of the community of Nathrop in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
6.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Carbonate Mountain, San Isabel National Forest
160 min walk • Carbonate Mountain is a high mountain summit in the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,670-foot thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 5.4 miles north of the community of Garfield in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.

St. Elmo, San Isabel National Forest

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San Isabel National Forest plan & book

St. Elmo – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Mount Antero, San Isabel National Forest

Mount Princeton, San Isabel National Forest

Tabeguache Peak, San Isabel National Forest

Cronin Peak, San Isabel National Forest

Carbonate Mountain, San Isabel National Forest