The City of Idaho Springs is the statutory city that is the most populous municipality in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Idaho Springs is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,782. Idaho Springs is located in Clear Creek Canyon, in the mountains upstream from Golden, some 30 miles (50 km) west of Denver.
Aerial view of Idaho Springs from the east in 2006.
Bird's eye view of Idaho Springs Colorado, 1882.
Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
Colorado and Southern Railroad locomotive on exhibit in Idaho Springs
Clear Creek County, Colorado
Clear Creek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,397. The county seat is Georgetown.
Alpine Hose, historic firehouse in Georgetown.
Crystalline gold specimen from the Dixie mine, Lamartine District, SW of Idaho Springs, Colorado. Size: 1.8 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm.
Clear Creek, ca. 1870