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Attractions near Fairplay

In Fairplay, South Park City is the place to visit

Most of what there is to see is mountains & ski areas: 10 of 17. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 16 beyond the one inside Fairplay. For a full day, there is Pikes Peak, 58 mi away.

Attractions nearby
46
within 60 miles
The big one
25 mi
Mount Elbert
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
17
Copper Mountain
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 25 mi west

Mount Elbert

Highest mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado (14,440').

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Finding your way

The farthest of them, Beaver Creek, is 39 mi out.

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Orange: Fairplay. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Each place in turn

First the one in town, then the 45 within 60 miles.

Loveland Basin Ski Area

Ski area · 32 mi north

Snow skiing area located in Colorado along the Continental Divide, with a peak elevation over 13,000 feet. The ski area sits above the Eisenhower and Johnson Tunnels on Interstate Highway 70 in Clear Creek County..

97 runs · 2,030 ft vertical · 7 lifts
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

The places inside Fairplay lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Fairplay → · Fairplay’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

South Park City: Ken Gallager, Public domain · Pikes Peak: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Elbert: Hogs555 (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Maroon Bells: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Blue Sky: Lookinhere, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0 · Vail: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Beaver Creek: Unknown, Public domain · Copper Mountain: Jarrod Doll from United States of America, CC BY 2.0 · Breckenridge: Ahodges7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arapahoe Basin: David Benbennick took this photo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Keystone: Ahodges7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aspen Mountain: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway: Ken Gallager, Public domain · Crested Butte Mountain Resort: Draconrex, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dinosaur Ridge: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Loveland Basin Ski Area: Blakeops at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Red Rocks Park: Hogs555, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White River National Forest: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain · Colorado Railroad Museum: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Buttermilk: Werdna, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Aspen Highlands: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but ple, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Arapaho National Forest: U.S. Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0 · Pike National Forest: Chris Short from Raleigh, NC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heritage Square: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Argo Gold Mine and Mill: uploaded by User:Greverod, original User Greverod on sv.wikipedia., Public domain · Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: MCDinosaurhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Santa's Workshop: Avrand6, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tabor Opera House: Int77345, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Betty Ford Alpine Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Central City Opera House: Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Mining Hall of Fame: Craig Talbert, CC BY 3.0 · Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys: JessicaSmithCO, CC BY 4.0 · Hiwan Homestead Museum: 25or6to4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lakewood Cultural Center: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0

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