Rosita
Rosita was a silver mining town — now a ghost town — in Custer County, Colorado, United States. Rosita is Spanish for little rose. Although the old town has almost entirely disappeared, the surrounding area has been largely developed into semi-rural home sites.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Custer County, Colorado
- Also known as: “Browns Spring”, “Rosita, CO”, and “Rosita, Colorado”
Rosita
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Custer, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.09722° or 38° 5′ 50″ northLongitude
-105.33611° or 105° 20′ 10″ westElevation
8,809 feet (2,685 metres)Open location code
85CP3MW7+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 151612148OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From German to Japanese—“Rosita” goes by many names.
- German: “Rosita”
- Japanese: “ロシータ”
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