This town, along with nearby Central City, is a center for casino gambling in Colorado. Black Hawk is a former mining town rejuvinated by gambling. Games are restricted to slots, blackjack and poker, and each bet carries a US$5 limit.
If you also want to visit nearby Central City, shuttles are available for the short, 1-mi/1.6-km trip.
We recommend one of the bus routes that depart from Denver and the front range. A highway from Interstate 70 has made driving fairly easy, but parking spaces in town can be difficult to find, and parking tickets are expensive. The winding canyon roads to Black Hawk can also be difficult to navigate if weather turns rough.
If you choose to drive, however, take I-70 West, Exit 243 onto Central City Parkway. 30 mi/50 km west of Denver.
