Westcliffe, Colo.
By: Kathy Wacker
From: Westcliffe, CO
By: Kathy Wacker
From: Westcliffe, CO
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Big Surprise in a Little Package Westcliffe, Colorado and its sister town, Silver Cliff, boast a whopping 1100 residents. But in this small package comes a big surprise. This rural community sits at the base of the Sangre de Christo mountain range in south central Colorado. Although the towns sit side by side, their heritage and demeanors are quite different. Their commonality is in their community spirit. Because of this, between them, they are host to: an eight lane, state of the art, bowling alley; a Center for the Performing Arts featuring year round live entertainment; a theater showing first run movies; an indoor swimming pool with fitness room; an assisted living facility; three yearly parades; their own supermarket; a newer medical clinic; three summer music festivals, and an outdoor amphitheater with live summertime plays.
For more information concerning this extraordinary place, please visit:
http://www.thewestcliffemerchants.com
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Comments (7)
Come Check Custer County out next summer for your next vacation in paradise. And while you are here, come check out the Kids' Club, we are for real and proud of our small county.
Posted by Carole Custer on January 6,2012 | 12:33 PM
Gosh...I think Gary sums it up pretty well. And, yes, having a Junior College (or trade school) come here would be icing on the cake.
Posted by Wanda Johnson on May 25,2011 | 06:12 PM
Yes, Westcliffe is a real town with real people who have real lives. We moved here a year ago and absolutely love it. It truly is the best of mountain living. It makes you slow down and live, enjoying the important things like family and community. Come for a visit and you may find yourself wanting to stay.
Posted by Rebecca Gerringer on May 21,2011 | 06:46 PM
Yes...Westcliffe is a one of a kind town. All that it has to offer isn't proportion to its population. It has this magnetic pull that doesn't let you want to leave. We love it here. We would love for people to visit...and maybe even want to move here.
Posted by Amy on May 17,2011 | 11:32 PM
I clarified in my Smithsonian post that Westcliffe is not real - only a figment of someone's imagination. You may want to confirm my comments there.
Posted by Gary Davis on May 17,2011 | 11:22 PM
Westcliffe isn't real. No place can have three mountain ranges in view (from a valley floor), five 14,000' mountains and a wilderness for a back yard, unexplored portions of Colorado's deepest cave, a precipitous Phantom Terrace sidewalk at 12,000', Pikes trail over the Sangre de Cristo's to the Great Sand Dunes; historic Spanish caverns of gold, silver and gold mines, claim jumper wars, railroad barons, state's largest historic cattle ranch, an old haunted cemetary; prime hay farms that ship nationally, grazing cattle heard bellowing for miles over hush valley pastures, small town churches with steeples as painted in artwork; and elk, bear and mountain lion that cause you to walk with eyes wide open. No, Westcliffe is a figment of someone's imagination - and sometimes a memory - and for a blessed few, a life to grasp.
Posted by Gary Davis on May 16,2011 | 06:39 PM
Westcliffe is a really nice place to live, raise a family or better yet, to retire. What would perfect is if a junior college came in. Any college out there looking to have a satellite campus in a beautiful location??
Posted by Jack on May 13,2011 | 03:26 PM