2019 Map of Central City

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Central City and Black Hawk serve as the historic anchors of this mountain landscape, which is marked by a high concentration of mining-era infrastructure and fraternal organization burial grounds. Numerous family and community landmarks are scattered across the gulches, including Nevadaville and the now-quiet site of Nugget. The terrain is defined by its deep vertical history, with named hills like Maryland Mtn and Aunt Clara Brown Hill rising above a network of old mining routes such as Old Tram RD and Wellington Mine RD. Along the southern edge, the settlement corridor of Dumont and Downieville follows the path of Clear Creek, while the higher elevations are preserved within the Roosevelt National Forest and Arapaho National Forest. Extensive cemeteries like the Masonic Cem, Central City Cem, and the Rocky Mountain Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge Number 2 Cem provide essential data for those tracing the lineage of early mining families in this region.