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Trinidad. Colorado's best-kept secret.

A Santa Fe Trail town with brick streets, a music festival, an art-car parade, and Colorado's newest state park, hiding in plain sight on I-25. Here's how to do it right.

Small town. Big calendar.

Spotlight Edition / 01 Trinidad, Colorado Curated by Go With Leon · 11 local picks · Fisher's Peak country
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11 picks

Downtown Trinidad is compact, most picks are an easy walk on historic brick streets. Times include the visit and the walk back. Hours can change; the Maps link has the latest.

The reason this town is a Spotlight Town

Trinidad shows up all year.

This is the calendar of a city three times Trinidad's size. Pick a weekend, any weekend.

OCTFancy Spider Music Festival

Three days, 50+ bands plus comedy, art, and wellness, spread across downtown venues so the whole town becomes the festival.

SEPArtoCade & The Rad Dirt Fest

An art-car parade unlike anything else in Colorado, and a gravel-bike race weekend drawing riders from across the region.

NOVParade of Lights & Holiday Market

Tree lighting Friday, the market at Space to Create Saturday, and the parade rolling down Main Street after dark, Thanksgiving weekend, small-town holidays done right.

SUMMERTrinidad Triggers Baseball

Independent-league ball at Central Park, capped by a July 4th celebration and fireworks under Fisher's Peak.

MONTHLYLast Friday Art Treks

Galleries, studios, and shops across the Corazón de Trinidad Creative District stay open late with music and food.

Five stops. One good story.

Collect moments, not souvenirs.

Take the Trinidad photo hunt. No app, tickets, or purchases required. Tap each one when you've got the shot.

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Fisher's Peak framed from Simpson's Rest, the shot that names the town.

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Your reflection in a brick-street storefront on Commercial Street.

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A self-pour pull at The Well's tap wall.

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The Bloom Mansion glowing at golden hour.

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Sunset over the water at Trinidad Lake State Park.

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Beyond downtown

Worth the drive.

Fisher's Peak State Park, Colorado's newest state park, hiking in the foothills of the 9,633-foot peak that watches over town. Open in Maps →

Trinidad Lake State Park, an 800-acre lake for boating and fishing, with nine miles of trails through piñon and juniper. Open in Maps →

The Scenic Highway of Legends, Highway 12 west to the Spanish Peaks: volcanic dikes, old coal camps, and one of the prettiest drives in Colorado. Open in Maps →

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