Crystal
Crystal is a ghost town on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains along a four-wheel-drive road 6 miles east of Marble and 20 miles northwest of Crested Butte.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet with 2 residents
- Description: ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Crystal, Colorado” and “Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crystal Mill.
Crystal Mill
Ruins
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
The Crystal Mill, or the Old Mill is an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in Crystal, Colorado, United States. It is accessible from Marble, Colorado via four-wheel drive.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marble.
Marble
Village
Photo: OneHistoryGuy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Town of Marble is a Statutory Town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 133 at the 2020 United States census. Marble is situated 5 miles west of Crystal.
Crystal
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Gunnison, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.05916° or 39° 3′ 33″ northLongitude
-107.10116° or 107° 6′ 4″ westPopulation
2Elevation
8,950 feet (2,728 metres)Open location code
85FJ3V5X+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 151515055OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5418689Wikidata ID
Q5191099
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Crystal” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Crystal”
- Chinese: “科羅拉多水晶城”
- Dutch: “Crystal”
- Estonian: “Crystal”
- French: “Crystal”
- Italian: “Crystal”
- Literary Chinese: “科羅拉多水晶城”
- Navajo: “Tó Niłtsʼílí Nílį́ (kinsááʼ)”
- Navajo: “Tó Niłtsʼílí Nílį́”
- Spanish: “Cristal, Colorado”
- Spanish: “Crystal”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crystal”. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.