Vicksburg
Vicksburg was a town and mining camp in Chaffee County, Colorado, high in Clear Creek Canyon. It is now effectively a ghost town, although some of the buildings may be seasonally occupied by their owners.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Vicksburg, Colorado”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winfield and Twin Lakes.
Winfield
Hamlet
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winfield is a populated place in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It is estimated that as many as 1,500 people may have lived in Winfield at times in the past. Winfield is situated 3½ miles west of Vicksburg.
Twin Lakes
Hamlet
Photo: Toshihiro Matsui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twin Lakes is a pair of glacier-carved alpine lakes about 15 miles south of historic Leadville, Colorado. They are downstream along the Arkansas River, whose headwaters are by Leadville. Twin Lakes is situated 6 miles north of Vicksburg.
Vicksburg
- Categories: ghost town, historic district, and locality
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.99916° or 38° 59′ 57″ northLongitude
-106.3778° or 106° 22′ 40″ westElevation
9,672 feet (2,948 metres)Open location code
85CMXJXC+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 151731554OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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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 “Vicksburg”. Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.