Map of Westcliffe town

Westcliffe is a statutory town that is the county seat of Custer County, Colorado, United States. At the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 435.

Westcliffe town overview:
Name:	Westcliffe town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Custer County
Incorporated:	November 21, 1887
Elevation:	7,867 ft (2,398 m)
Total Area:	1.24 sq mi (3.20 km²)
Land Area:	1.24 sq mi (3.20 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	435
Population Density:	350/sq mi (140/km²)
ZIP code:	81252
Area code:	719
FIPS code:	0883450
GNISfeature ID:	0192151
Website:	townofwestcliffe.com

Online Interactive Map

Westcliffe online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Westcliffe had its start in 1881 when the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was extended to that point.

Westcliffe Road Map

Westcliffe city Satellite Map

Geography

Westcliffe is located west of the geographic center of Custer County at 38°7′58″N 105°27′57″W / 38.13278°N 105.46583°W / 38.13278; -105.46583 (38.132874, -105.465920). It lies in the Wet Mountain Valley, between the Wet Mountains to the east and the Sangre de Cristo Range to the west. The town of Silver Cliff is immediately to the east of Westcliffe.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km), all of it land.

Climate

Dark skies

Westcliffe, and neighboring Silver Cliff, Colorado, are recognized as IDA International Dark Sky Communities by The International Dark-Sky Association. Gentle persuasion has resulted in residents and business in the towns and surrounding ranch land reducing the amount of light pollution.

Locals have set up a free observatory in an old period building with a “roll-off” roof to open up the 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with computer-guided pointing and tracking to the skies overhead. Named the Smokey Jack Observatory, it was built in 2015.