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Climax

Ghost town · Lake County, Colorado

Mount Lincoln quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1938, 1:62,500)
Mount Lincoln quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1938, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Climax is a ghost town in Lake County, Colorado. It is one of 6 former communities in Lake County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Climax as a historical populated place on the Climax topographic quadrangle: 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 39.3689° N, 106.1836° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleClimax
Elevation11,343 ft
Nearest living townCopper Mountain, CO
Distance to it7.5 miles
GNIS feature ID204684
Coordinates39.36888, -106.18363

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What's there now

Climax is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Copper Mountain, CO (population 321), about 7.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 11,343 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Climax mine near Leadville, Colorado
Climax mine near Leadville, Colorado · Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Questions

Where is Climax?

Climax is in Lake County, Colorado, at 39.3689, -106.1836.

How many ghost towns are in Lake County?

Lake County, Colorado has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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