Crestone, Colorado
| Town of Crestone, Colorado | |
|---|---|
| Statutory Town | |
 Location in Saguache County and the state of Colorado |
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| Coordinates: 37°59′40″N 105°41′47″W / 37.994497°N 105.696273°WCoordinates: 37°59′40″N 105°41′47″W / 37.994497°N 105.696273°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Saguache County |
| Incorporated | January 24, 1902 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory Town |
| • Mayor | Kairina Danforth |
| • Town clerk | Allyson Ransom |
| • Treasurer | Gwynn Busby |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| • Land | 0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 7,923 ft (2,415 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 127 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 137 |
| • Density | 420/sq mi (180/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP Code | 81131 |
| Area code(s) | 719 |
| INCITS place code | 0818420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0192409 |
| Highways | Take County Road T 12 miles east from State Highway 17 at Moffat |
| Website | Town of Crestone |
The Town of Crestone is a Statutory Town in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 127 at the 2010 United States Census. It is a small village at the foot of the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Range, in the northern part of the San Luis Valley. Crestone was a small mining town, but little paying ore was discovered. In the 1970s, a large land development, the Baca Grande, was established to the south and west and several hundred homes have been built.
The Crestone area, which includes the Baca Grande and Moffat, Colorado, is a spiritual center with several world religions represented, including: a Hindu temple, a Zen center, a co-ed Carmelite monastery, several Tibetan Buddhist centers, and miscellaneous New Age happenings.
Crestone is easily accessible to visitors, a National Forest Service campground is about 3/4 of a mile north of town, and other lodging is available, including several bed and breakfasts. Activities in the area include camping, fishing, hiking, climbing, as well as spiritual explorations.
Crestone is named for the 14,000-foot peaks that lie just east of the town: Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle. The Crestones, as they are known collectively, in turn, took their name from the Spanish word crestón, which, according to Walter Borneman and Lyndon Lampert's book A Climbing Guide to Colorado’s Fourteeners, means: “the top of a cock’s comb”; “the crest of a helmet”; or, in miners’ jargon, “an outcropping of ore”.
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