Alta, Colorado

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While our information shows that the community of Alta is historic,^<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Alta, we'll be sure to add our findings.

Alta would have been located within present day San Miguel County

While the community is gone, the present day location for Alta is 3,370 feet [1,027.18 m] above sea level.^<2>

Time Zone: The area where Alta was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Alta can be found in:

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008<4> Population	Change Since 2000
	Lake City	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	385	2.67% increase
	Loghill Village	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Mountain Village	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,370	40.08% increase
	Norwood	NW	29 mi [46.67 km]	462	5.48% increase
	Ouray	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	932	14.64% increase
	Rico	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	258	25.85% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Alta.

The Commemorative Quarter for Colorado<5>

Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Alta no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Durango. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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