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Top 7 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Georgetown, Colorado (CO)
The historic Town of Georgetown is the Territorial Charter Municipality that is the county seat of Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains was established in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District comprises Georgetown, the neighboring town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns. The town population was 1,034 at the 2010 census. The Georgetown Post Office has the ZIP code 80444.
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1. Capital Prize Gold Mine Tour
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5.0 based on 195 reviews
Most extensive mine tour in Colorado! Visitors can enjoy an easy walk over 1,000 feet into the mountain and see several tunnels. Experience the challenges of working by candle light, view seven of the 17 gold veins discovered, see the machinery and tools and explore a stope. Visitors will also learn about drilling, blasting and mucking and the importance of mining back in the early days of the Wild West. The Capital Prize is still an active mine and visitors will see a modern prospecting operation which includes dredges, sluice boxes, classifiers and shaker tables. Instead of gold panning, you get to mine the real stuff inside our stope and keep what you find!
Reviewed By Jteamsport7 - Rosemount, United States
Our first trip to Colorado and we loved every bit. Our family trip of 5 adults and 6 children had a bucket list of things to do and a gold mine was one of them. Capital Prize Mine did not disappoint! The family/staff was amazing! Friendly and charismatic! They gave us a detailed history of the mine as well as educated us on how the minerals are mined and processed both now and then! The kids even got to chisel away at a mineral vein and walk away with a token of their hard work! That little chunk of ore to them was priceless! We’ve been through other mine tours before and this one although humble has topped our lists of best mine adventures!
2. Shoppe Internationale
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5.0 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By retarp7173 - Anacortes, United States
Our drive to Georgetown and the Shoppe International is a Christmas tradition. We have never been disappointed. The quaint shop always has a variety of beautiful Christmas ornaments and decorative holiday items from different cultures. The staff is always friendly. The Georgetown Holiday market is also a real treat!
3. Hotel de Paris Museum
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4.5 based on 114 reviews
Louis Dupuy’s Hotel de Paris (1875) is a former French inn, located in the Colorado Rockies, with an English style interior, built by Chinese laborers. The boldly refashioned and reimagined futures of the hotel’s proprietors and workers illustrate the possibility of second chances through reinvention in the Western United States. Hotel de Paris Museum™, a Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is owned and operated by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Colorado. Hours may vary. Call or go online for details.
Reviewed By SMT56
When planning our weekend up in this part of the Colorado Rockies, I filled out the online form, because the museum / hotel is closed during the 'dead of winter.' To my surprise, Kevin, the Executive Director contacted me and set up a private tour. At Kevin's suggestion, we watched the exceptionally well produced Rocky Mountain PBS special on the hotel (where Kevin does a great job on-screen!) and came a bit more prepared. What an absolute delight! Our '45 minute' tour was actually an hour and a half, and was informative, entertaining, inspiring, and just a great time!!! Kevin's passion and knowledge are so very evident. How could we have lived here in Colorado so many years and yet had never discovered this gem!! You are looking into the life of this remarkable 'renaissance man,' with all the original furnishings around you! This is a MUST-SEE! This is a true Colorado treasure!
4. Hamill House Museum
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4.5 based on 38 reviews
This Country Gothic Revival home originally belonged to silver baron William Arthur Hamill. Hamill greatly expanded a small Rocky Mountain home into a grand display of Georgetown's wealth in the latter part of the 19th century. We are open May (Memorial Day) through September (Labor Day). Call for a private appointment.
5. Guanella Pass Brewing
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
At the foot of the Guanella Pass Scenic Byway in Historic Georgetown, CO, sits Guanella Pass Brewery. A true mountain brewery. We believe that where you drink beer is as important as what beer you drink. So leave the grind behind, sit for a bit, and share a story or two. Because here, all you need is what you have and a good beer.
Reviewed By lgjkansas - Overland Park, United States
Great little brewery in Georgetown with good beer and they are dog friendly inside and outside. The owner and bartender were both there and very nice. They had a peach wheat that was very good. I also heard they were going to be opening a restaurant next door, so we'll have to try that out when we come back next year.
6. Georgetown Energy Museum
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4.0 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By 711rogerd - Chicago, United States
Amazing that a piece of 1909 hydroelectric technology is still running, pumping power into the modern grid. It's because this was one of the earliest 60-cycle AC generating stations, which was necessary to get power to the remote mines in the area. Tesla's AC worked much better than Edison's DC power, which cannot travel very far. That makes it still "current" today (to make a bad pun). Museum open daily until 5PM in summer only. See the generators humming away, powering a substantial portion of modern Georgetown's needs. Also a great collection of old electric motors, transformers, switches, and appliances. Docent was very knowledgable. Though not great for small children, any older kid who likes science will be fascinated by this living, working "history of science" museum.
7. Georgetown Firefighting Museum
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4.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By bryanmantezoni - Houston, United States
This is probably one of the smallest museums that I have ever visited, maybe the tour will take about 5 to 10 minutes but there is some history around specially if you’re into museums and history I will recommend you to visit otherwise just take some pictures from the outside and move on.
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