Gunnison Valley, Colorado Heritage Tourism Driving Tour

We invite you to enjoy our self guided heritage driving tour! Along the way you will experience incredible vistas, meet friendly locals and see that our county is steeped in rich Western and Victorian mining era history. The tour self guides you to interesting sites throughout the Gunnison Valley, most accessible by passenger vehicle.

• Self Guided Heritage Driving Tour

Some sites are located on private property and we ask that you please respect this by observing them from the roadway.

Remember to take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints so that future generations can continue to enjoy our heritage, too. Use the map to locate each site.

Free brochures are available for pick-up at the Gunnison and Crested Butte Visitor Centers, by phone 800-814-7988 and by online request, just click here. Or if you’d like you may download the Gunnison Valley Driving Tour brochure, as a PDF, and print it yourself.

Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum

Start your self guided driving tour at the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum. The museum offers guided and self guided walking tours of Historic Crested Butte.

Gunnison Pioneer Museum

The Pioneer Museum’s 5 acre campus features many original historic buildings, one of Colorado’s largest car museums, a train exhibit, and more! Open Memorial Day through September.