Haunted Places in Sanford, Colorado



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    Romeo Town Hall

    Romeo, Colorado

    7.5 miles from Sanford, CO

    People have reported feeling uneasy while inside this rural town hall, which was formerly a private residence. Others claim to have had objects thrown at them by a vengeful spirit and have heard unusual noises during the night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Steam Train Hotel

    Antonito, Colorado

    13.9 miles from Sanford, CO

    This 1911 historic hotel is reputed to be haunted, and features two guest rooms with their own resident ghost. The brick building is also believed to be haunted by a hovering cloud, which has been observed making its way between rooms before disappearing into the inoperable elevator shaft. (Submitted by ...


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    River's Inn Bed and Breakfast

    Antonito, Colorado

    14 miles from Sanford, CO

    River’s Inn Bed and Breakfast is haunted by Annie, and possibly others. Witnesses have seen the little girl named Annie, and heard her laughing and playing. Voices of a man and woman also have been heard, and the spirits have answered questions posed by ghost investigators. Annie's fingerprints in flour ...


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    River's Inn Bed and Breakfast

    Antonito, Colorado

    14 miles from Sanford, CO

    Three ghosts are believed to haunt this historic bed and breakfast. The first is a gentleman in a suit, who has been seen in the rooms of guests and in the front parlour room. Cigar smoke is often smelt when there is no one around. The other two apparitions seen ...


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    Nino's Mexican Restaurant

    Alamosa, Colorado

    14.6 miles from Sanford, CO

    This atmospheric restaurant is housed inside an old hotel, and is rumoured to be haunted by a variety of ghosts. Staff and diners have reported lights turning on and off of their own accord, the apparition of a cowboy and a ghostly presence that brushes past them in the ...


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    Porter Real Estate Building

    Alamosa, Colorado

    14.7 miles from Sanford, CO

    Rumoured to be a former hospital, a long dead patient allegedly still roams the halls after dark. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    The Skyline Lodge

    Del Norte, Colorado

    35 miles from Sanford, CO

    The 3-story lodge, built in 1945 in this little gold-mining town, is said to be haunted by Little Eva, a teenaged prostitute who was shot by the wife of a miner. She is allegedely buried here, under an unmarked concrete slab in a nearby field. Please be mindful that theh ...


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    Windsor Hotel

    Del Norte, Colorado

    38.1 miles from Sanford, CO

    Windsor hotel was once a lively place, established in 1874. Cowboys, settlers, and European settlers passed through the Windsor hotel. A lady named Maude came through the San Luis Valley and arrived in Del Norte Colorado.her means of the stay where rather joyful........ Well at the beginning. Her and ...


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    Foster's Hotel Restaurant and Saloon

    Chama, New Mexico

    44.5 miles from Sanford, CO

    The 1800s Foster's Hotel Restaurant and Saloon is rumored to be very popular with the spirit set. One ghost is believed to be an 1800s woman who was poisoned after being elected a judge, and was found dead here the next morning. Witnesses have heard the sound of a woman ...


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    Spruce Lodge

    South Fork, Colorado

    48.7 miles from Sanford, CO

    The haunted rooms at this lodge are 1, 6, and 7. Some of the strange things that happen here include a little girl ghost who peers out of an upstairs window, doors that open and close on their own, voices, footsteps, lights that go on and off, and a woman's ...


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  • Haunted Corazon
    F. Dean Sneed
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    Francisco Fort Museum

    La Veta, Colorado

    52.1 miles from Sanford, CO

    The Francisco Fort Museum is an 1862 adobe plaza complete with a saloon, a school, a blacksmith shop and many relics from Native Americans, settlers, farmers, ranchers and miners. Some say it has a ghostly floating lady in white in its west wing, a haunted piano that plays music by ...


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    Laguna Vista Lodge

    Eagle Nest, New Mexico

    60.2 miles from Sanford, CO

    The Historic Saloon at Laguna Vista Lodge dates back to 1898, and was frequented by the crew working on the movie Lonesome Dove. On exhibit here are gold nuggets from the old mining days, used in long-ago casino bets. The upstairs portion of the original hotel was once a brothel, ...


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    Kit Carson Home and Museum

    Taos, New Mexico

    61.6 miles from Sanford, CO

    At the Kit Carson Home and Museum, folks say frontiersman Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson himself still lingers in spirit.


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    Silver Cliff Cemetery Ghost Lights

    Silver Cliff, Colorado

    64.8 miles from Sanford, CO

    Silver Cliff Cemetery, around since the early 1880s, is known for its mysterious dancing lights. The blue or white lights or spheres float through the graveyard and sometimes even bounce on the gravestones. The phenomenon was first noted by some miners who had gone through the cemetery as a shortcut; ...


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    The Creede Hotel and Restaurant

    Creede, Colorado

    69.5 miles from Sanford, CO

    Built to service the last Colorado silver boom town in the 1800s, the Creede Hotel & Restaurant is believed to be haunted by some of its former boarders: miners or perhaps some of its more famous guests, which include Calamity Jane and Bob Ford, the killer of Jesse James.


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    The Firemen's Inn

    Creede, Colorado

    69.5 miles from Sanford, CO

    This historic bed and breakfast inn is rumoured to be haunted by a ghostly man in old-fashioned clothing, who has been seen and heard on the stairs. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Creede Repertory Theatre

    Creede, Colorado

    69.5 miles from Sanford, CO

    Staff working late hours at the old theatre claim to have disembodied footsteps on the third floor of the building, while other claim to have encountered an eerie presence. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    St. James Hotel

    Cimarron, New Mexico

    75.3 miles from Sanford, CO

    There are as many ghost stories as there are rooms at the St. James Hotel. People have reported numerous happenings, from objects being moved, including all the silverware from a table being reportedly moved and piled in the middle after it was set, to haunted apparitions of several different ...


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    Dawson Cemetery

    Raton, New Mexico

    75.3 miles from Sanford, CO

    The ghost town of Dawson was once a large coal mining town. In the early 1900's, a decade apart two separate mining disasters struck the town, and killed more than 400 men. The cemetery is filled with crosses that mark the graves of these men, row after row ...


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    Urraca Mesa

    Cimarron, New Mexico

    76.9 miles from Sanford, CO

    Rumored to be a "gateway to Hell", the place is said to have once had several cat totems distributed around. The cat totems were said to guard the gates and as long as they remained in place, the gateway could not open. According to legend, the cat ...


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  • Haunted Manitou Springs
    Stephanie Waters
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    Tarabino Inn

    Trinidad, Colorado

    77.5 miles from Sanford, CO

    This inn was originally built in 1907 by the Italian Tarabino brothers. It is said to be haunted by a ghostly lady wearing a gown; she is seen most often at the bottom of the stairs. Phantom cigar smoke and the sound of footsteps also have been reported.


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    Poncha Pass

    Salida, Colorado

    81 miles from Sanford, CO

    Poncha Pass has a tract of land with a dugout cabin, corral and little gold mine. It's owned by the Boy Scouts and is used for their Rocky Mountain High Adventure base. The dugout is said to be haunted, as moans and murmurs are heard coming from it in the ...


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    Shuler Theater

    Raton, New Mexico

    84.4 miles from Sanford, CO

    Cold spots and noises without confirmed explanations appear to make up the bulk of the haunted happenings here.


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    Casa Lemus Parking Lot

    Raton, New Mexico

    84.9 miles from Sanford, CO

    Sept 4, 2016 about 2AM. Car alarm went off in parking lot. Looked through hotel room window, nobody in lot. Then saw full body apparition walking from area where car alarm was going off. Head and shoulders in clear plain view as a dark shadow, remainder of body was translucent. ...


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    Espanola Police Station

    Española, New Mexico

    86.8 miles from Sanford, CO

    Policemen at the Espanola Police Station watching the Sally Port on the security cameras were surprised to see the ghostly immage of a human figure walking through a locked, gated and secured area without triggering any alarms. The policemen say they have experienced other strange things at the station, such ...


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    Museum of Colorado Prisons

    Cañon City, Colorado

    89.1 miles from Sanford, CO

    The Museum of Colorado Prisons is rumored to have some lingering spirits. Cold spots and a phantom tobacco smell have been reported in the old laundry room, and Cell 19 is said to be haunted by a female prisoner who passed away there. Photographs have shown ghost orbs and the ...


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    St. Cloud Hotel

    Cañon City, Colorado

    89.5 miles from Sanford, CO

    Reported to be vacant and in disrepair, this 1888 hotel building is said to be the home of some playful ghosts. Past guests have seen the ghost of a young girl playing with a ball in the hallways. It's said that the ghosts liked to play tricks on the guests ...


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    Old Glendale Stagecoach Station

    Penrose, Colorado

    96.3 miles from Sanford, CO

    The eerie ruins of the old 1861 Glendale Stagecoach Station are said to be haunted by a gray lady, Kathleen Cooper. Katherine was singing in 1877 when gold prospector Julian LaSalle first met her, and they fell in love. But Julian had business to attend to, and left on the ...


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    Pueblo Firefighters Museum

    Pueblo, Colorado

    98.4 miles from Sanford, CO

    This museum and society was formed to preserve the firefighting heritage of the town, and appears to have preserved some ghostly inhabitants of an otherworldly kind. Many old-fashioned vehicles have been known to drive off by themselves, and staff and visitors claim to have heard the sound of disused ...


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    Rendezvous Restaurant

    Pueblo, Colorado

    99.4 miles from Sanford, CO

    The old Rendezvous Restaurant is no more, but the building, some say, is haunted by a little boy. Local legend says the boy died when he fell off the balcony long ago. An apparition of him has been seen running along the balcony and leaping off. A ghostly woman also ...


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    Rosemount Museum

    Pueblo, Colorado

    99.9 miles from Sanford, CO

    Rosemount Museum is housed in a 1893 mansion that is believed to be haunted by some unknown spirits. Witnesses describe footsteps and other unexplained sounds, shadows, eerie lights, and occasional apparitions. The mansion was originally built by John A. and Margaret Thatcher and has 37 rooms. Tours are available.


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    Antero Hot Spring Cabins

    Nathrop, Colorado

    102.8 miles from Sanford, CO

    We stayed in the Cottonwood Cabin on my 40th birthday. After I fell asleep in the downstairs bedroom, I felt someone touch my shoulder. My boyfriend had fallen asleep on the couch upstairs so I thought it was him, but when I woke up and looked there was no one ...


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    Bandelier National Monument

    Los Alamos, New Mexico

    103.3 miles from Sanford, CO

    Bandelier National Monument preserves the land and homes of the Ancestral Pueblo People who lived from 1150 to 1600 CE. It was designated as a national monument by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and was named for Swiss anthropologist Adolph Bandelier. It is rumored to be haunted by ghost lights, ...


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    Western State College - Robidoux Hall

    Gunnison, Colorado

    104.9 miles from Sanford, CO

    The third floor of Roubidoux Hall at Western State College has a ghost, that of a man who died of smoke inhalation during a fire several years ago. Students have seen his apparition at the side of their bed at night, and have found the doors locked from the outside, ...


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    Columbine Victorian Hotel

    Gunnison, Colorado

    104.9 miles from Sanford, CO

    This hotel was built at the turn of the twentieth century, and served as living quarters for railroad executives. In Room #009, a suicide took place several years ago. Guests have reported hearing a knock on the door, only to find the hallway empty. Other have reportedly heard ghostly ...


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    Victor Hotel

    Victor, Colorado

    108.6 miles from Sanford, CO

    This 1899 building was originally a bank, but it also was a storage area for the bodies of those who died during the winter when the ground was too hard for burial. Now that it is a hotel, the haunts have come to stay. The 4th floor, where the bodies ...


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    Outlaws and Law Men Jail Museum

    Cripple Creek, Colorado

    110.1 miles from Sanford, CO

    Housed in a 1901 jail, the museum is rumored to be haunted by many apparitions, including a little girl, former prisoners, a former male jailer, and a former female jailer named Rosie.


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    Palace Hotel and Casino

    Cripple Creek, Colorado

    110.1 miles from Sanford, CO

    Although reports say it may no longer be open as a hotel, this Old West hotel and casino has been featured on the History Channel. It is said that Miss Kitty, the wife of hotel owner Dr. Chambers, passed away in Room 3, but she still turns down the beds ...


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    Bronco Billy's Casino

    Cripple Creek, Colorado

    110.2 miles from Sanford, CO

    Guests and visitors to the casino have seen the apparition of a young girl on the staircase of the building, as well as looking out the windows down into the street. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Colorado Grande Casino

    Cripple Creek, Colorado

    110.2 miles from Sanford, CO

    Built in 1896, the Colorado Grande Casino and Hotel is believed to be haunted by a ghost called Maggie, an rose-scented Irish woman in turn-of-the-century clothes. Her apparition sometimes shows up playing slot machines with a male ghost, or else simply appears as a blue light. Another ghost, that of ...


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  • Ghosts of Boulder (Haunted America)
    Ann Alexander Leggett
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    Imperial Hotel and Restaurant

    Cripple Creek, Colorado

    110.2 miles from Sanford, CO

    Folks say strange things happen in these parts, such as a ghostly man who falls down the stairs or the apparition of a lady in 1800s dress.


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    Last Dollar Inn

    Cripple Creek, Colorado

    110.3 miles from Sanford, CO

    This historic inn was the first in the township of Cripple Creek, and is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a miner who frequented the inn back when it was a gambling parlour. It is believed that he died in a fight on the upper floor of the ...


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    The Hotel St. Nicholas

    Cripple Creek, Colorado

    110.3 miles from Sanford, CO

    The spirits at this historic hotel are said to be friendly, but mischievous. Two of the most often seen ghosts are Petey and a gold miner. Petey is the ghost of a young boy who may have been in the care of the Sisters of Mercy for whom this building ...


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    Jemez State Monument

    Jemez Springs, New Mexico

    111.1 miles from Sanford, CO

    Jemez State Monument, the ruins of an ancient pueblo and a 17th-century Spanish mission, is said to be haunted by many apparitions: priests, Native Americans and Spanish settlers. Visitors often hear disembodied footsteps as they walk among the ruins, and ghost lights are said to appear late at night.


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    Watrous Valley Ranch

    Watrous, New Mexico

    113.1 miles from Sanford, CO

    The ranch was built for the 'Pony Express' in the mid 1800's. Two of the owners committed suicide, and ever since, there has been a sad presence in the house. Residents alone in the house have awoken to shot gun blasts and other unexplained noises, and an apparition of a ...


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