Verkhoturye (Russian: Верхоту́рье) is a historical town and the administrative center of Verkhotursky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the middle Ural Mountains on the left bank of the Tura River 306 kilometers (190 mi) north of Yekaterinburg.

Verkhoturye was founded in 1598 by Vasily Golovin and Ivan Voyeykov on the site of the Vogul settlement of Neromkar.

In contrast to the surrounding mining towns, Verkhoturye has been relatively untouched by industrialization and much of its historic appearance has been preserved.

The relatively low middle Ural Mountains at the latitude of Verkhoturye form a natural gateway into Siberia from the west.

This Babinsky Road ran overland from Solikamsk on the western slope of the Urals to Verkhoturye.

Siberian furs collected as yasak (tribute) passed through Verkhoturye en route to the Sable Treasury in Moscow.

The routes around Verkhoturye connected Tobolsk to the Kama River tributary of the Volga and on to the Sable Treasury at Moscow.