Durango

Durango lies along the Animas River in southwestern Colorado, and its position below the San Juan Mountains has tied the city to the region’s mining country and mountain routes. Founded in 1880, it developed as a rail centre for nearby mining districts. Today, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad follows the Animas Valley toward Silverton on a line built in the 1880s; its steam trains remain one of Durango’s defining traditions. Downtown preserves late-19th-century commercial buildings, while Fort Lewis College brings a contemporary campus presence above town. Browse other webcams across southwestern Colorado to place Durango in a wider geographic context.

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