Golden

Guides

The longer reads: Golden with kids, and how the town got this way. Each says where its facts came from.

Families

October 7, 2026

Golden with kids: a dinosaur dig, a 130-foot indoor slide, trains, chickens and a free rock

The Community Center's leisure pool and its rules, The Splash in summer, Discovery Park's dinosaur dig…The Community Center's leisure pool and its rules, The Splash in summer, Discovery Park's dinosaur dig, the library's storytimes, trains, free museums…

History

October 7, 2026

Golden history: a gold-rush supply town, a capital lost by one vote, the brewery, the School of Mines and Buffalo Bill on the mountain

Ute, Arapaho and Cheyenne homeland, Golden City in 1859, a territorial capital that went to Denver by one vote…Ute, Arapaho and Cheyenne homeland, Golden City in 1859, a territorial capital that went to Denver by one vote, the Colorado Central, Coors, the School of Mines, Buffalo Bill's grave…