Visitors

Our community welcomes you to Central City! We hope you enjoy your stay with us and take in all of the fun activities we have in and around “The Richest Square Mile on Earth.”

As a National Historic site, our wonderfully preserved community offers interesting buildings, sites, views and just happens to have gaming! Grab a friend, head for the hills and come make a little history of your own!

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Tourism

Welcome!

Central City is blessed with an abundance of activities to keep people busy! Our historic community takes you back to it’s founding by miners in 1859. While here, gaming aficionados will appreciate our 8 casinos which operate 24 hours per day. Other folks can enjoy the abundant wildlife in and around the community. Please explore the Gilpin County Museum, Art Galleries, and of course the historic Central City Opera House. If you like old stuff, go explore the cemeteries located around town or take a tour of the Coure D’Alene or Hidee mines. If those haven’t grabbed you yet, then check the “events” tab for other activities which occur throughout the year! Come visit…we’d love to see you!

Visitors Center

The Visitors Center is located at: 103 Eureka Street at the Northern End of Main Street in the old Wells Fargo Building. The City Council and everyone on staff is excited to have acquired this beautiful historic building to house the Visitors Center.

Cemeteries

One mile west of Central City (taking Eureka Street) lie three cemeteries with hundreds of ornate stone markers and intricate grill work, with headstones dating back to the 1860s. The three are the Central City Cemetery, the Knights of Pythias and the Catholic Cemetery.