Ashcroft
Ashcroft is an extinct mining town located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The silver mining camp was founded as Castle Forks City in the spring of 1880.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: historic ghost town in Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Ashcroft, Colorado”
Ashcroft
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Pitkin, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.0536° or 39° 3′ 13″ northLongitude
-106.79976° or 106° 47′ 59″ westElevation
9,521 feet (2,902 metres)Open location code
85FM3632+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 151953813OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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From Dutch to Spanish—“Ashcroft” goes by many names.
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