Welcome to Fairplay

Surrounded by Kenosha Pass to the North, Wilkerson Pass to the East, Trout Creek Pass to the South and Weston Pass to the West sits the quiet valley of South Park in the Central Colorado Rockies. In the heart of this valley lays Fairplay, one of the many wild mining towns from the time of gold and silver.

Now somewhat famous as the suspected model for the South Park series, Fairplay is most known for the open air museum its center boasts. In 1959, 100 years after gold was found and the town sprang to life, South Park City was rebuilt within Fairplay and stands today as a living monument to days gone by. Panning for gold is still a main attraction as well, for those with the fever still in their blood.

As with most of Colorado’s mountain towns, there’s never a lack of things to do here. Hike or take a mountain bike up the Colorado Trail, offering stunning views of the South Park valley. Explore old mining towns along jeeping or ATV trails and logging roads up Mosquito Pass, Weston Pass or Boreas Pass. Camp and fish at Jefferson Lake Recreation area, a 920 acre lake at 10,700 feet. Come winter, of course, the snow offers up a winter wonderland in which to lose the cares of everyday life.