Tiny Town

Only open during the weekends in September, which we were not aware of as we are from Arizona. Drove all the way here with our two kids from Denver just to find we couldn’t go in. That would have been fine, but there was an older couple who pulled up right when we did and what I’m assuming was the owner offered them a free train ride and showed them around. We unloaded our kids, so we were about 2 minutes behind them and were left to stare at the CLOSED sign at the ticket stand. employees just stared at us and said nothing and the older couple rode off on the train. I mean REALLY? We had KIDS. Again, it was my bad that I didn’t check to see if they were open on the weekdays, but I felt very poorly treated by the people working here.

Tucked west of Morrison on 285, there is a little place set back in time called TINY TOWN. This little weird amusement park boasts a 100 year birthday this year– think back to 1915– that is the 2^nd year of WWI and Pre-​electricity. Today Tiny Town is a strange but fun remnant of a simpler time, when miniature houses scattered over a few acres of Mountains with a couple of little trains to ride was a major attraction!
Today, it is a quick drive from Denver, and a great way to spend a few hours in glorious Colorado weather– perfect for kids, picnics, and especially your inner child who will really love the train ride!
Ample parking and inexpensive, take a little trip to the mountains and visit Tiny Town.

Originally built in 1915 — it is the cutest town on a child sized proportion. The train runs every half hour around the village. Many of the tiny houses are built so the kids can go thru them. There is a gift shop and a snack shack — both are very reasonable priced. This is a great place for the kids to have fun.

Great place to take it easy while the kids do their thing. $ 24 for all of us including the train ride. Definitely recommend.

Great for kids and so much fun for any age! Details in the little homes are cute! The train ride was fantastic. My kids love this place. Nicely maintained for being around 100 years!!!

While driving on a road trip I saw a sign that said ‘Tiny Town’ I asked my friend if that was a real place… or just a town name. She said it literally was a… tiny town, so we promised to check it out at a later date.
We came here with our 19 month old and his older brother (8 years old) early one Saturday morning. It was a short ride, and a easy one at that. Tickets were just a few bucks, and train ride was about $ 2.00 too… I wasn’t prepared for this visit as well as I would have liked, but I’ll tell you what I would have done differently too.
I would have packed a picnic lunch for the kids (I didn’t). I would then spend some more time up there, after looking at all the cool little houses and buildings… like a mini Home Depot, FedEx, Post office… school house… movie theater. oh and Harley Davison store… I would sit and let them eat and spend some time playing at the playground.
Then when we were done, we would walk back through this super cool Tiny Town, and take a ride on the train before we left. The train ride was cool, and only about 9 minutes… however the smoke was… a bit overwhelming …
I would also get there early when its cooler so that I can truly enjoy spending all that time outdoors with the baby.
We literally went through it in less than an hour, and was gone before an hour and a half. I think had I planned better and brought lunch, we could have stretched it out another hour or so.
This is the kind of place you pair with another trip in the area, maybe do some hanging out at Red Rocks, or spend some time in Downtown Morrison. and then it would be a complete day out :)

Me and the girlfriend had to burn some time before another scheduled outdoor activity we wanted to do. We consulted Unilocal and we found Tiny Town. We are definitely kids at heart, so we said, «Why not?»
The location was not difficult to find. Plus, free parking! There is a small entrance fee, a little more if you want to ride the train.
The place is a tiny town. Literally. There are small buildings, most of them you can look inside and see the time they invested to make the tiny buildings appear like there are small residents. There was this school with old school desks, a bar with Barbies sitting on their Ken’s lap, and if I am not mistaken, another Ken is doing a surgery in a tiny hospital. My favorite building was the little windmill with all the kids playing on it and parent’s taking pictures of their babies. They also have a play ground, just in case the kids need to burn off some ice cream that can be purchased near the gift shop.
What makes this place so special are the people who work/​volunteer there. It really feels like they really love what they do and you can feel how happy they are. This gives me hope in humanity.
In the end, I am glad we stopped by at Tiny Town. I had fun and so did the girlfriend.

Tiny Town is the perfect destination for the wee ones in your life. I have a 20-​month-​old and we’ve been three times this summer as TT is only a 10 minute drive from our place. You can definitely spend a few hours here letting the kiddos explore all the little houses and hidden nooks and crannies. My son loves the pint-​sized windmill, any of the «houses» that you can actually go inside (many are display only), and of course the playground and watching the miniature train circle the property, tooting its horn and spewing steam. On our last visit of the season today, we observed that it would be funny if they added a skyscraper to the mix.
Naturally they are a summertime-​only destination but they often have special events; one weekend we were there and they had both a modern and antique fire engine on display with firemen walking around and interacting with the kids. Next year is their 100 year anniversary and there should be fun festivities when they kickoff next spring.
Here are my takeaways for next year:
1. Pack a lunch and hoof it to the playground at the far end of the property to enjoy a picnic. There is a snack stand but it’s the typical expensive snacks and drinks you’d expect and they don’t want you to sit near the concessions with your packed lunch.
2. When you board, sit at the rear end of the train if possible — less smelly smoke in your face that way. Play along with the conductors; they all have a canned speech they give at the beginning of the ride but I think it’s more fun for everyone if you follow their instructions.
3. It’s $ 5 admission for adults and $ 2 per train ride. We always buy two rides and start and end our visits with the train — the ride is only 9 minutes long (according the conductor) and older kids can get «locked» in the caboose for the duration of the trip.
We will definitely be back!

We took the kids here last weekend and had such a great time. My 4 year old enjoyed looking into the smallest building and loved the larger ones that she could go into. The train ride was fun and the onsite playground located near the picnic tables allowed us to enjoyed a picnic lunch while the kids played.
Some of the buildings are a little rundown but we saw people working on restoration. My only wish is that there was a small display about the history of tiny town for parents. Tiny town has such a long and interesting history and I think having this information more available there would add something for the adult visitors.

Great place for the littles, especially 6 and under. So much for their little eyes to focus on. Some of the little buildings are in need of some repair but the whole place is magical with a running creek and the mountain setting. Also have a great playground for all that excess kid energy. The train is also wonderful with a kid only caboose. My 4 y.o. loved riding alone in it. Also the place is very affordable. Just bring a lunch and picnic outside. Weather can be variable so bring layers.

Arriving with my boys, ages 6 & 3, I was immediately impressed by the friendly ticket booth worker and found myself pleasantly surprised the remainder of our visit by the geniality of the train engineers, the relative variety of activities, and the cleanliness of the grounds.
A number of the «buildings» have seen better days and aren’t impressive by the standard of, say, Disneyland. But as a local diversion at a reasonable cost Tiny Town & Railroad is well worth the time. I did see a couple that did not appear to be paid employees working on one of the small buildings, cleaning the inside and otherwise attending to its maintenance.
To expand on some details and reinforce what you may read or see in the photos, the overall facility is larger than I expected and how appeared from the road. There is a nice area with picnic tables shaded by tall pine trees, as well as another area with tables and benches adjacent to the playground (another pleasant, and very welcome, surprise.)
There is actually a bit of history to Tiny Town, and if you’re inclined to be interested in such things as I am, don’t miss the photographs documenting key moments on large outdoor displays in the tall pines across the main path near the picnic tables.
The main path iteself is asphalt (wood plank near the train depot/​gift shop) which I would imagine makes it very accessible to wheelchairs and strollers, though there are some things that are surrounded by by dirt, rocks, or grass, a detail that might matter if you are visiting soon after a heavy rain or early in the year, since mud could be factor.
Along those lines, the (free) parking is mostly dirt with one main cement path leading the crosswalk that takes you across a 2-​lane backroad to the entrance to Tiny Town. I didn’t visit the concession stand during our visit. It does appear outside food & drink is permitted from observing other guests with coolers.
All said, from this initial visit I highly recommend Tiny Town & Railroad for families and visitors looking for a low-​key, reasonably-​priced local attraction.

When I read Doctor Sleep recently, I couldn’t help but wonder if Stephen King had been to Tiny Town when he lived in the area. Sure he moved the «tiny town» but it seemed to be the same place. .
A awesome little railroad that kids can ride. My son (3 at the time) had no issue being alone in the caboose (he loved it).
The place also have lots of little houses and kids just get a kick out of these houses.. and being the giants. There is a nice playground with picnic tables toward the back.. .
I would recommend bringing a picnic to Tiny Town and eating in the back near the playground and the beautiful (and large) tree with plenty of shade.
Our family had fun, and we will be back.. .

Kids ages 2 to 4 or so should have fun here. The highlights are the train and the playground. The houses are kind of sad and dilapidated, as if their hey day was probably 20 years ago. But there is definitely attention to detail, so that’s nice.

Fun for a visit with the wee ones… nothing too spectacular. They have a cool playgrounds and some cool stuff to see. If you go, definitely get tickets for the train ride.

Tiny Town is a literal tiny town in Morrison. The history, I believe, goes something like a gold miner with a family originally built it for his daughter so she’d have a place to play. Naturally, any family would enjoy a small town area full of doll-​sized houses and play things so it became quite popular with children coming to visit quite often. Eventually it became such a big attraction that the miner gave it up to be run as an amusement area. Over the past 100 years it’s been flooded, shut down, rebuilt, and passed onto various groups and today it lives on as a newer set of buildings with a few of the old ones set out for kids to explore. There is also a kids playground area, a snack area (with soft-​serve ice cream!), and a coal-​burning train that takes you on a tour around the entire grounds for $ 2 a person at a slooooooow speed.
My one year old loves this place. He thinks it’s the coolest thing ever that the buildings are his size. You can’t go into them — they are most doll-​sized buildings, but that doesn’t seem to affect his joy upon seeing row after row of small stores, saloons, and homes. And the playground is fun, too.
I can’t imagine kids older than 6 or 7 enjoying a visit here, but then again I don’t have any kids that age so who am I to say so? I know that as a grown up I found it entertaining and worth the $ 5 admission price. While I wouldn’t necessarily rush here every week with my kiddo I’d be inclined to come back every once in a while to visit Tiny Town. It’s cute.

I highly recommend tiny town for any child under the age of 5. The little ones go nuts for miniature houses. Wouldn’t you? It’s unbelievably adorable, but the best part is that the 2ft. homes each have a purpose as if they were component of a town. For instance, the school house had teeny desks and a teeny chalkboard inside. The saloon had Barbie and Ken dolls dressed like Cowboys and Saloon floozies. That was fun explaining to my niece what saloon girls were.
There’s also a teeny train that costs $ 2 per passenger that takes you around Tiny Town conducted by a Santa Claus impersanator that seems almost too perfect for the job. The rates are reasonable, it’s not a bad drive, and the kiddos can spend all day there. If you have young kids or a niece and two nephews in town like I do — it’s worth a visit.

This place is cute. It’s located in the beautiful mountains, and it’s the perfect size, not too big, not too small. Perfect for preschool age kids. According to the train conductor, there are about 130 structures, but the majority of them are not play structures, only for looking at. There’s a playground at the end of the park, and plenty of shaded park benches and picnic tables. Lots of people bringing coolers. Yeah, bring your own food because the food for sale there is limited, mostly hot dogs and ice cream. No, no fries or nuggets.

5 stars, for people with young children. People without kiddos would probably not find this place nearly as awesome as people with kids.
We went up there today with our almost-​2 year old daughter. She had a BALL. Everything was just her size, she loved going into and out of the buildings, and she loved the train. The place was big enough to keep a kid entertained for hours, but not big enough that it was hard to get around. We didn’t bring the stroller, because this place was so interactive. It also wasn’t crowded, although I’d imagine it gets more crowded in the summer months.
This would be a wonderful place for grandparents to bring the grandkiddos. I’d definitely recommend it for any kids up until around 6 or 7. There was a tiny gift shop and snack bar, but we didn’t venture over to try any of it (the child wouldn’t sit still long enough to eat, anyway!).
The train engineers are volunteers and obviously get a kick out of driving the trains for the kids– they were very grandfatherly, and our daughter loved them!

Tiny Town is even better than I remembered it from my childhood! This is a super place to take young children. My 2-​year-​old daughter had an absolute blast and just loved it.
The prices here are very reasonable. We had two adults plus the toddler. Admission and a train ride for all of us came to only $ 14!!! We spent a good two hours here just walking around and enjoying it all.
The volunteers and employees here were all really nice. The train ride was great. They also have a lot of nice tables in the shade for a picnic lunch. We didn’t eat here or bring food, but I was surprised at how reasonably priced the food was here (basic stuff like hotdogs, soda, etc, but it was pretty cheap). Next time, I’d bring a picnic lunch and then get the little one an ice cream cone for $ 2!
What a great way to spend the day. It’s only about 20 minutes from Denver. You can’t beat the price. Seeing Tiny Town through a 2-years-old’s eyes made it even more awesome.
I give it five stars all around for a good family time, great prices, fun train ride and enjoyable time. What a great Colorado gem!

With four kids in tow, I went to Tiny Town. My two young kids loved this place, as well as the two older kids (9 – 10). It’s very reasonably priced, from the gate admission to the train tickets. The train ride is stated to last 9 minutes, and it takes you around the whole area. There are a ton of things to see, including hidden gems in various places, like in the trees. After the train ride, we walked out to the playground, looking at the multitude of buildings as we passed them.
There were plenty of picnic tables to sit and have lunch. A lot of trees provided a good amount of shade, too. It was really nice to be able to sit and relax while the kids released their pent-​up energy on the playground. There are four swings, a large play structure and a smaller play structure.
We were there for nearly two hours, which wasn’t enough time to go and look at all the stuff available. We didn’t get a chance to sample any of the foods or peruse the gift shop. I look forward to coming back again, which we will hopefully get to this summer.