Grey Wolf Resort – Located about 10 minutes south of town, this resort features several unique lodging types. The Black Monarch Hotel – This historic, haunted hotel features a number of oddities and four individually decorated rooms. Accommodations The historic Victor Hotel. Read about the camping near Divide, Cripple Creek and Victor.įishing – Skaguay Reservoir is nearby and has great trout fishing that is allowed from the shore or a kayak. In the winter cross country skiers and snowshoers make use of the path.Ĭamping – Mueller State Park offers beautiful wooded campsites about twenty miles from town. Photo by: Jay Gannettīiking/Hiking – The Vindicator Valley Trail is a great multi-use trail, open to hikers and bikers in the summer. Recreation Skaguay Reservoir near Victor, CO, a great spot to fish and swim. Read about the top things to do in Victor. It’s a scenic hike taking you on a tour of the former Independence mining camp. Vindicator Valley is located just around the corner. Several hikes take you up to many of the old mining camps. Ruins are scattered all along the hillsides around town. The Vindicator Valley Trail is one of the best local hikes and consists of a 2-mile loop around more than a dozen old mines.
Mining Relics – The main attraction in Victor is the town’s rich mining heritage. Main Attractions Twenty-first century Cripple Creek & Victor open-pit gold mine. Today, there are still also some mining operations and a few running businesses. It was rebuilt almost overnight in the brick still seen today. In August of 1899, Victor burned to the ground. At its peak around 1902, Victor had three trains, two trolleys, six churches, twelve labor unions, forty-eight saloons, fifteen attorneys, twenty doctors, and a population around 17,500. By 1900, Victor was the fifth largest city in Colorado. Many settlers of the West had dreams of finding gold and ended up coming to Victor. Today, Victor is remains small compared to its nearby neighbor. Cripple Creek often overshadowed Victor as that’s where most of the area’s richest residents lived. The town was founded in 1891, shortly after gold was discovered.
As of 2020, it is home to 426 residents and sits at an elevation of 9,708 feet in Teller County.
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In its heyday, Victor was a bustling mining town full of saloons and other staples for rowdy miners. There are a few restaurants and shops in downtown to explore. It was established in 1894 and was one of the meccas for gold mining in the West. Victor is a historic mining town nicknamed the “City of Mines”, located only a few miles from Cripple Creek, together they make up part of the “World’s Greatest Gold Camp”.
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