Eldora, Colorado

Eldora (pronounced el-DOH-ruh), previously known as "Eldorado" then "El-Dora", then Eldora or Camp Eldorado, and still called Happy Valley, is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Eldora CDP was 140 at the United States Census 2020.

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Gold Miner Hotel

The Gold Miner Hotel or Goldminer Hotel, at 601 Klondyke Ave. in Eldora, Colorado in Boulder County, Colorado, was built in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, and the registration's property borders were amended in 2007. A two-story portion of the current hotel, including a front clapboard facade and a porch, is from the original 1899 construction. The clapboard is over squared, milled logs, which are not covered on the sides. A one-story 1934 log addition to the rear is also historic. The squared logs are joined by half-dovetail notching. It is a salient property in the Eldora Historic District, its centerpiece. In 1997 the hotel was operated as a bed and breakfast.

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Eldora Historic District

Eldora Historic District is a 30 acres historic district in Eldora, Colorado. Other names of the district and/or other historic names of places in the district are Happy Valley, Eldorado Camp, and 5BL758. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The listing included 55 contributing buildings and 12 non-contributing ones. The district includes a "collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Log and Rustic Tourist buildings located in the heart of Eldora, a small former mining town in western Boulder County, Colorado. The district consists primarily of dwellings constructed for its early mining population and later adapted for the vacationers who came on a seasonal basis. Additionally, the district contains several turn-of-the century vernacular Commercial Buildings from the mining era and a significant amount of open space, a distinctive component of the district's rural character." A salient contributing building in the district is the Gold Miner Hotel, which is separately listed on the National Register.

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Caribou, Colorado

Caribou is an extinct silver mining town located near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. It was named after the nearby Caribou silver mine. The unincorporated community of Caribou City and the former Caribou Ranch recording studio are located 3.6 miles east of the ghost town.

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Frozen Dead Guy Days

Frozen Dead Guy Days is an annual celebration held in the town of Nederland, Colorado from 2002 until 2023 and afterward in Estes Park, Colorado, to loosely celebrate the cryopreservation of Bredo Morstøl.

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Peak to Peak Scenic Byway

The Peak to Peak Scenic Byway is a 55-mile National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Gilpin, Boulder, Larimer counties, Colorado, USA. The Peak to Peak Highway was originally built in 1918 and provides views of the Front Range mountains in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It was Colorado's first scenic highway. The Central City/Black Hawk Historic District is a National Historic Landmark. The Peak to Peak Highway connects to the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway at Estes Park.

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The Nederland post office (Zip Code 80466) serves the area. Eldora is located within the Roosevelt National Forest, and is primarily an alpine, densely forested, and densely but smally populated area. Eldora is tucked into the valley carved by glaciation during the last ice age and by Middle Boulder Creek. From the village there are no views up toward the alpine ski runs of Eldora Mountain Resort. A one-time gold camp, Eldora was a shipping point for the Caribou silver mine in nearby Nederland, CO. At present, Eldora is characterized by small cabins, a sprinkling of vacation homes, and two long-shuttered mercantiles. Points of interest near Eldora include the Eldora Mountain Resort, Eldora Historic District, and Indian Peaks Wilderness. Eldora Historic District has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since 1989. The area is home to an abundance of wilderness and wildlife, including animals such as mountain lions, black bears, coyotes, red foxes, mule deer, elk, bobcats, and much more. Eldora receives a heavy annual snowfall of 300 inches each winter.