Estes Park, Colorado: The Gutsiest Little Town in Colorado
Jody Reale
March 20, 2008
For over ten thousand years, people have visited this valley we call Estes Park, Colorado to enjoy the beautiful mountain scenery, moderate climate and abundant wildlife. Some things never change. Rocky Mountain National Park and Roosevelt National Forest surrounds the
village of Estes Park, Colorado with spectacular mountain scenery, a generous wildlife habitat, miles of hiking trails, and scenic drives over the Continental Divide and the historical Peak to Peak Highway. It's not only a popular tourist destination, it's a haven for year-round residents who have found their own peaceful parcel of mountain living. Browse some maps of Estes Park, and choose the satellite imagery option to get an idea of its outlay; it's like the next best thing to being there. And if you're interested in looking at Estes Park with
an eye for relocating there, you'll also find maps with convenient searching categories, including the option to map Estes Park new homes, map Estes Park condos , map Estes Park land, map Estes Park farms and ranches, map Estes Park income property.
Estes Park, CO: A View From Above and Long Ago
Fourteen thousand foot peaks; sprawling acres of prairie and meadow. Rivers, lakes, and golf courses. Sounds huge, doesn't it? Don't let the description fool you. Estes Park is about the friendliest, most intimate location in the Front Range. Thousands of years ago, ancestors of today´s American Indians hunted big game animals above tree line in what is now Rocky Mountain National Park. Understanding that the landscape was a hunter's paradise, Joel Estes visited the valley in 1859. Estes planned on settling a cattle ranch there, and so he and his wife Patsy moved the family into two log cabins. Since then, the area has continued to grow. The town served as construction headquarters for the Colorado-Big Thompson Reclamation Project, a huge undertaking which continues to transport irrigation water from the western side of the Continental Divide to the eastern
plains. The area has weathered two large, lethal floods: the Big Thompson flood of 1976, and the Lawn Lake flood of 1982. Cleanup efforts from the Lawn Lake Flood spurred a period of urban renewal and earned the town the nickname "Gutsiest Little Town in Colorado."
Estes Park Real Estate: Neighborhoods and Subdivisions
Today there are 46,197 real estate listings across Colorado, including 404 Estes Park properties for sale from the Estes Park properties in the IRES MLS, Estes Park properties in the Metrolist MLS, and others.
Carriage Hills --Land and single-family homes priced from 100K to the mid-500s.
Estes Park--A variety of properties in and around the downtown area, including
some single-family homes and quite a few income properties.
Meadowdale Hills --Homes and land just outside town, on highway 36, on the way to Pinewood Springs.
Stanley Heights--Larger, luxury homes priced from the 700s to the 900s with acreage and fantastic views of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Fall River Village--A wealth of river front resort home/townhomes. New construction with all the amenities four miles from the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance.
Park River West--Newer, beautiful river front condominiums west of town, priced from the 300s to the 600s, just minutes from both the wilderness and town.
Marys Lake Lodge--Smaller condos/townhomes with spectacular lake and mountain views, just south of town and the Estes Park Golf Course.
Vista Ridge--A very active neighborhood with plentiful inventory of new construction townhomes in the 300s.
Fall River Estates--Income properties, condos/townhomes,some land, and a few single-family homes on an impressive swath of Estes Park along Fall River and forested acreage.
In the new Estes Park listings this month, you'll find that there are Estes Park condos/townhomes, land, houses, land, income property, and farms and ranches in all kinds of shapes,
sizes, and locations. Browse the 100 Newest Estes Park listings, map the 100 Newest
Estes Park listings,Estes Park houses, map Estes Park houses, and the Estes Park zip codes where you'll find a generous helping of Estes Park flavor.
Education
Park School District R-3 is the public school system in Estes Park. For an outlay of which schools correspond to which neighborhoods, see Estes Park elementary schools, Estes Park middle schools, and Estes Park high schools. There are also private and alternative schools in Estes Park for children and adults, including Montessori and Eagle Rock School for Professional Development.
The Estes Park AtmosphereEstes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Roosevelt National Forest offer its residents and visitors a wide variety of activities for
recreation, entertainment and relaxation. You can face a fourteener mountain or enjoy a refreshing picnic by a rushing stream. Hiking, climbing, and mountain biking are plentiful for the adventurous, and even traditional activities like golf, tennis, and swimming can prove challenging at Estes Park's high altitude. For those who prefer to take it easy, there are renowned scenic drives here, birding, wildlife encounters, tours, the famed Stanley Hotel, and plentiful museum and art walkabouts. There are still roads less traveled to discover, and peace and solitude, especially in the off-seasons. Visit this serene and beautiful land, and you'll find why it's been one of the most celebrated towns in Colorado history.
village of Estes Park, Colorado with spectacular mountain scenery, a generous wildlife habitat, miles of hiking trails, and scenic drives over the Continental Divide and the historical Peak to Peak Highway. It's not only a popular tourist destination, it's a haven for year-round residents who have found their own peaceful parcel of mountain living. Browse some maps of Estes Park, and choose the satellite imagery option to get an idea of its outlay; it's like the next best thing to being there. And if you're interested in looking at Estes Park with
an eye for relocating there, you'll also find maps with convenient searching categories, including the option to map Estes Park new homes, map Estes Park condos , map Estes Park land, map Estes Park farms and ranches, map Estes Park income property.
Estes Park, CO: A View From Above and Long Ago
Fourteen thousand foot peaks; sprawling acres of prairie and meadow. Rivers, lakes, and golf courses. Sounds huge, doesn't it? Don't let the description fool you. Estes Park is about the friendliest, most intimate location in the Front Range. Thousands of years ago, ancestors of today´s American Indians hunted big game animals above tree line in what is now Rocky Mountain National Park. Understanding that the landscape was a hunter's paradise, Joel Estes visited the valley in 1859. Estes planned on settling a cattle ranch there, and so he and his wife Patsy moved the family into two log cabins. Since then, the area has continued to grow. The town served as construction headquarters for the Colorado-Big Thompson Reclamation Project, a huge undertaking which continues to transport irrigation water from the western side of the Continental Divide to the eastern
plains. The area has weathered two large, lethal floods: the Big Thompson flood of 1976, and the Lawn Lake flood of 1982. Cleanup efforts from the Lawn Lake Flood spurred a period of urban renewal and earned the town the nickname "Gutsiest Little Town in Colorado."
Estes Park Real Estate: Neighborhoods and Subdivisions
Today there are 46,197 real estate listings across Colorado, including 404 Estes Park properties for sale from the Estes Park properties in the IRES MLS, Estes Park properties in the Metrolist MLS, and others.
Carriage Hills --Land and single-family homes priced from 100K to the mid-500s.
Estes Park--A variety of properties in and around the downtown area, including
some single-family homes and quite a few income properties.
Meadowdale Hills --Homes and land just outside town, on highway 36, on the way to Pinewood Springs.
Stanley Heights--Larger, luxury homes priced from the 700s to the 900s with acreage and fantastic views of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Fall River Village--A wealth of river front resort home/townhomes. New construction with all the amenities four miles from the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance.
Park River West--Newer, beautiful river front condominiums west of town, priced from the 300s to the 600s, just minutes from both the wilderness and town.
Marys Lake Lodge--Smaller condos/townhomes with spectacular lake and mountain views, just south of town and the Estes Park Golf Course.
Vista Ridge--A very active neighborhood with plentiful inventory of new construction townhomes in the 300s.
Fall River Estates--Income properties, condos/townhomes,some land, and a few single-family homes on an impressive swath of Estes Park along Fall River and forested acreage.
In the new Estes Park listings this month, you'll find that there are Estes Park condos/townhomes, land, houses, land, income property, and farms and ranches in all kinds of shapes,
sizes, and locations. Browse the 100 Newest Estes Park listings, map the 100 Newest
Estes Park listings,Estes Park houses, map Estes Park houses, and the Estes Park zip codes where you'll find a generous helping of Estes Park flavor.
Education
Park School District R-3 is the public school system in Estes Park. For an outlay of which schools correspond to which neighborhoods, see Estes Park elementary schools, Estes Park middle schools, and Estes Park high schools. There are also private and alternative schools in Estes Park for children and adults, including Montessori and Eagle Rock School for Professional Development.
The Estes Park AtmosphereEstes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Roosevelt National Forest offer its residents and visitors a wide variety of activities for
recreation, entertainment and relaxation. You can face a fourteener mountain or enjoy a refreshing picnic by a rushing stream. Hiking, climbing, and mountain biking are plentiful for the adventurous, and even traditional activities like golf, tennis, and swimming can prove challenging at Estes Park's high altitude. For those who prefer to take it easy, there are renowned scenic drives here, birding, wildlife encounters, tours, the famed Stanley Hotel, and plentiful museum and art walkabouts. There are still roads less traveled to discover, and peace and solitude, especially in the off-seasons. Visit this serene and beautiful land, and you'll find why it's been one of the most celebrated towns in Colorado history.
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