Discover Silver Plume
Thank You!
Thank you for helping us purchase another chunk of Republican Mountain. Your generosity and community spirit make Silver Plume special.
Find Out MoreNew Payment Portal
We have updated our systems to serve you better. Pay your utility bills conveniently online.
Learn MoreThe 2026 Melodrama
Summer Season
Join us for an evening of boos, hisses, and cheers at the annual Silver Plume Melodrama! Celebrate our rich mining heritage with a theatrical performance that brings the 1800s back to life.
🐻 Bear & Wildlife Alert
Timberline Disposal provides Silver Plume residential customers with curbside trash & recycling pickup each Tuesday free of charge. They also provide 3 dumpsters in town for residents on steep roads without curbside access.
- Do not put construction debris, furniture, tires, or mattresses in the dumpsters.
- Do not place items outside the dumpster — the driver cannot load large items.
- Trash pickup is Tuesday morning. Leave your trash secured until Tuesday morning!
- If not picked up, bring it in — do not leave it out overnight!
- If you use town dumpsters, close and secure the sliding doors!
- If a door jams, contact the Town Clerk at 303-569-2363.
Helpful Tips
- Do not store pet food, bird seed, or trash behind flimsy doors.
- Bear-proof trash cans: $7.50/month (50% discount for SP residents) — contact the Town Clerk.
Please help Silver Plume not be a source of food for the bears in our area.
— Martin Gitlin, Trustee, on behalf of the Mayor & Board of Trustees
Welcome to Silver Plume
It's A Special Place
*May include dogs, drop-ins, and ground squirrels.
Silver Plume is a Home Rule Town in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
The federally designated Georgetown–Silver Plume National Historic District comprises Silver Plume, Georgetown, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park.
Our History
Written by the late John Calhoun, 1995 — some details may have changed.
Silver Plume is a very small, old, rural mining town dating from the Colorado gold and silver rush of the last four decades of the 19th century.
In 1859, gold was discovered at the confluence of Clear Creek and the Platte River near what is now Denver. Thousands of fortune-seekers headed into the Rocky Mountains, seeking veins of ore.
Full HistoryWhat's Going On
Town events are interspersed with civic meetings. Silver Plume is a peaceful town of independent citizens who love the serenity of mountain life.
Events CalendarSilver Plume in Pictures
