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Ashcroft

Ghost town · Pitkin County, Colorado

Aspen quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1893, 1:62,500)
Aspen quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1893, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ashcroft is a ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado. It is one of 4 former communities in Pitkin County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 18th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ashcroft as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.0544° N, 106.7978° W.

Key facts

Elevation9,450 ft
Nearest living townAspen, CO
Distance to it9.9 miles
Coordinates39.05444, -106.79778

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What's there now

Ashcroft is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Aspen, CO (population 6,862), about 9.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 9,450 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Ashcroft, Colorado
Ashcroft, Colorado · RON RAFFETY / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions

Where is Ashcroft?

Ashcroft is in Pitkin County, Colorado, at 39.0544, -106.7978.

How many ghost towns are in Pitkin County?

Pitkin County, Colorado has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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