Recreation area

Bachelor Loop Interpretive Tour

Rio Grande National Forest · Colorado — managed by USDA Forest Service

Open recreation area — no reservation needed

About this campground

This 17-mile self-guided driving tour loops through Creede’s historic silver mining district and ghost towns. The tour’s first interpretive stop is just north of Creede in Willow Creek Canyon at the juncture of East and West Willow creeks. A high clearance vehicle with low gears can traverse the graded gravel road uphill to the Equity Mine and then return to Creede via Bachelor Road (FS Road 504) and the old town site of Bachelor. There are 14 interpretive pullouts along the scenic route. The Creede Underground Mining Musuem is adjacent to the tour route at the north end of Creede.  Stop by the Creede Forest Service Information office at 304 South Main Street for a  guide handout to the attraction stations. There is information available on line Bachelor Historic Tour  Another option for vehicles that can not climb steeper grades is to travel the loop in reverse and brake carefully down the steeper parts.  Please call 719-658-2374 for current information on this attraction and the road conditions.

Getting there

From downtown Creede, travel north on Main Street until it turns into Forest Road 503. Follow 503 up West Willow Creek all the way to the Equity Mine. To complete the loop return to town on Forest Road 504 through the Bachelor Town Site.

Activities

  • AUTO TOURING

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