With more than 100 turn-of-the-century buildings in downtown, it’s the largest National Historic District in Colorado.
This lively downtown was also designated Colorado’s first Certified Creative District with dozens of artist-owned studios, galleries, restau-rants, unique shops, breweries, and distilleries.

Salida’s whitewater park is a multi-faceted gathering place, featuring a quarter-mile long course with an upper and lower hole. Take a stroll along the river walk and watch kayakers, stand up paddle boarders, and rafters play in the river. During late summer, rent a tube and do laps down the river.

The City of Salida owns and operates the largest indoor hot springs in the country. This natural hot spring water has been pumped from eight miles away to these pools since 1937.

There is a giant ‘S’ on Tenderfoot Hill overlooking Salida. Every year, on the Friday after Thanksgiving, this landmark turns into Christmas Mountain by creating a 750 foot Christmas Tree made of 4,500 brightly-colored bulbs.

Salida Chamber Of Commerce
406 West Hwy 50
Salida, Colorado 81201
877-772-5432

People here wear smiles, the sun shines almost all the time, and you can bike, raft, hike, fish, climb, chill, whenever you want, any time of year. The townspeople are diverse so you don’t get just mountain bikers, skiers and kayakers, you also experience Colorado ranchers and old miners, artists and farmers, so just about everyone fits into this Colorado lifestyle.