Gold Hill, Colorado
• Current population: 210
• Largest population during 19th century gold rush: about 1500
• Elevation: 8,300 feet (though others say 8463)
• Claim to fame: Site of one of, if not the, first major discovery of gold in Colorado, setting off the Colorado Gold Rush of 1859.
• Why go there now: Cookies as big as your head at the Gold Hill Store, the rustic ambience and fine dining of The Gold Hill Inn and the views of the Continental Divide just east of town.
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