Silver Cliff, CO

United States

Silver Cliff sits at nearly 8,000 feet in Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley, a former mining town of 863 people surrounded by the Sangre de Cristo peaks. Take Highway 96 west 45 miles from I-25 at Pueblo West, or drive south from Salida via Highway 285. The town's historic cemetery is famous for the mysterious "Silver Cliff Lights" that have puzzled visitors for over a century.