Delta combines public art in the city center with a reconstructed fort, a history museum and a range of recreational activities. When looking for a hotel in Delta, you can choose where to stay based on the interests you want to shape your visit: art and history alongside opportunities for walking, cycling, boating and golf. U.S. Highway 50 runs through the city center and is another distinctive feature of the town.

Downtown Murals

Delta is known as the “City of Murals.” Downtown, there are more than 20 unique murals and other works of art on building facades. The city provides a free virtual mural tour app to help visitors find the works downtown. Check whether the app is available before your trip. If public art is an important reason for your visit, the murals and digital wayfinding offer a practical starting point for planning.

Fort and Museum: Two Historical Perspectives

Fort Uncompahgre is a reconstruction of the original fort built by Antoine Robidoux in 1828. As an interpretive site on the Old Spanish Trail, it gives visitors the opportunity to explore the reconstruction and learn about the trail. The fort also recreates an original trading post used by traders, trappers and Indigenous peoples. Here, the reconstructed site and the history of the Old Spanish Trail come together.

The Delta County Historical Museum is housed in an old firehouse. Its exhibits include fossils, dinosaur bones and a butterfly exhibit featuring some of the few known specimens of species that are now extinct. The museum offers a different focus from Fort Uncompahgre: here, the focus is on collections in a former firehouse, while the fort presents a reconstructed site and its interpretation as part of the Old Spanish Trail.

Trails, Lake and Golf

Confluence Park has about five miles of winding trails for walking and cycling. Non-motorized boating is permitted on the park’s lake; there is a boat ramp and a dock on its northeast side. The park offers a choice of activities in one place: trails on land and boating on the water.

Devil’s Thumb Golf Course is an 18-hole course on a gently sloping hillside below the Grand Mesa. From the course, you can enjoy views of three different mountain ranges as well as a view of the Black Canyon. Golf is another distinct option alongside the trails and lake at Confluence Park.

More Recreational Activities

The Bill Heddles Recreation Center offers racquetball, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a therapy pool, strength training, aerobics and tennis. The two pools differ in their intended use; other activities range from racquet sports and fitness training to tennis. The recreation center’s facilities add more sporting options in Delta to the trails, boating and golf course.

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