• Buena Vista: Population, 2,195; elevation 7,964 feet; founded 1879 as an agricultural, mining and railroad center.

1. Forest Square Park & Visitors Center
2. Town Hall
3. Buena Vista Public Library: Temporarily on East Main Street while a new building is being built, the library offers a full range of services including Internet access to check e-mail or log on to news services
4. McPhelemy Park and Town Lake: Both are on land donated by the Buena Vista Land Company when the town was formed. The dam at the lake has a recessed area under which colored electric lights are turned on during summer evenings, providing beautiful reflections in the water.
A former depot of the Denver Leadville & Gunnison Railroad is now located in the park. It and an adjacent caboose will be undergoing restoration in future years.
5. Buena Vista Heritage Museum: 506 E. Main, the former Chaffee County Courthouse was built in 1882-83 and once served as a schoolhouse. The Buena Vista Model Railroad upstairs offers an excellent historical display of the Arkansas Valley railroad system in the 1880s.
6. Community Center
7. Buena Vista Recreational River Park: 90 acres, located at the east end of Main Street along the Arkansas River.
Boat launch, ‘play wave’ area for rafters and kayakers, picnic tables, trails overlooking the Arkansas, access to the river for trout fishing, (handicap accessible), public restrooms, footbridge across river, soccer field, softball and baseball fields, sand volleyball court, basketball court and covered pavilion. The park also includes the Barbara Whipple Trail, which connects to the Midland Trail. Open to hikers and mountain bikers, the trail continues east about 12 miles toward Trout Creek Pass.
8. Post Office
9. Turner Farm: On West Main Street in Buena Vista, the Turner Farm is a living history site, complete with an apple orchard, farm house, barn, and many vestiges of its former heyday. It is open to tours and to public events, including the annual Apple Fest held in September.
10. Collegiate Peaks Golf Course
11. Rodeo Grounds
12. Airport