Colorado’s Front Range and mountains

Independent guides to the towns worth knowing.

21 guides: the week’s events, where to eat and drink, the trails, and what it’s like to live there.

21 guides around Denver: north to Fort Collins, south to Manitou Springs, and up in the mountains at Clear Creek, Estes Park, Evergreen, Leadville and Nederland. A guide covers one town, or a few neighboring ones together.

Across the towns · November 6–8

This weekend

Everything on →

Johnstown

Arts

Les Misérables

Through Nov 15; see box office for times · Candlelight Dinner Playhouse · $115–$125 adults, $80 youth 13–18, $70 children 12 and under, plus a $6 reservation fee per ticket; dinner included

Clear Creek

Family

ISPL Pajama Storytime

10 am – 11 am · Idaho Springs Public Library

Elizabeth

Veterans Appreciation Luncheon

11:30 am · Casey Jones Park Pavilion · Free for veterans and their families; RSVP required

Fort Collins

Festival

Downtown Holiday Lighting Ceremony

Live music from 5:30; countdown at 6:30 · Old Town Square · Free

Berthoud

A Little Help – Service Saturday

9 am – 1 pm · City Star Brewing

Berthoud

Breathwork and Reiki

10 am – 12 pm · Wildfire Arts Center · $30

Everything on →

The network

The towns

Boulder County

Weld · Boulder counties

Inside Erie

An independent guide to Erie, Colorado: Briggs Street, the trails, the coal-town history, and what it’s like to move to a town that grew by two-thirds.

insideerie.com →

Boulder County

Inside Lafayette

An independent guide to Lafayette, Colorado: Old Town and Public Road, Waneka Lake, the Coal Creek Trail, the schools, and what’s on this week.

insidelafayette.com →

Boulder · Weld counties

Longmont · Inside the Towns

An independent guide to Longmont, Colorado: Main Street, the St. Vrain Greenway, McIntosh Lake, the breweries, and life in a city of 98,885 (2020 census).

insidelongmontco.com →

Boulder County

Inside Lyons

An independent guide to Lyons, Colorado: the river, the trails, the music, and what it’s like to live at the canyon mouth.

insidelyons.com →

Boulder County

Inside Niwot

An independent guide to Niwot, Colorado: what’s on, where to eat, where to walk, and what it’s like to live here.

insideniwot.com →

Northern Colorado

Larimer · Weld counties

Inside Berthoud

An independent guide to Berthoud, Colorado: the Garden Spot, its Main Street, the lakes, and what it’s like to move here.

insideberthoud.com →

Larimer County

Inside Fort Collins

An independent guide to Fort Collins, Colorado: Old Town, the CSU campus, the Poudre, Horsetooth, the breweries, and what it’s like to live here.

insidefortcollins.com →

Weld · Larimer counties

Inside Johnstown

An independent guide to Johnstown, Colorado: Parish Avenue, the parks, the sugar-town history, and what it’s like to move to a fast-growing town.

insidejohnstown.com →

Larimer County

Inside Loveland

An independent guide to Loveland, Colorado: downtown and the Rialto, the Benson Sculpture Garden, Lake Loveland, the breweries, and the Sweetheart City.

insidelovelandco.com →

Larimer County

Inside Timnath

An independent guide to Timnath, Colorado: Old Town Main Street, the reservoir and the river trail, and what it’s like to move to a town that grew tenfold.

insidetimnath.com →

Weld · Larimer counties

Inside Windsor

An independent guide to Windsor and Severance, Colorado: the lake, Boardwalk Park, Main Street, the Poudre River Trail and two beet towns that grew fast.

insidewindsorco.com →

Carbon Valley & I-25

Weld County

Inside Frederick

An independent guide to Frederick, Colorado: Fifth Street, Milavec Lake, the parks and trails, the Golden Eagles and what’s on this week.

insidefrederickco.com →

Mountains & Foothills

Clear Creek County

Inside Clear Creek

An independent guide to Idaho Springs and Georgetown, Colorado: the Argo Mill, the Loop railroad, Guanella Pass and the roads above Clear Creek.

insideidahosprings.com →

Larimer County

Inside Estes Park

An independent guide to Estes Park, Colorado: the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, Elkhorn Avenue, the trailheads, the elk, and mountain life.

insideestespark.com →

Jefferson County

Inside Evergreen

An independent guide to Evergreen, Colorado: the lake, downtown on Bear Creek, the elk, the Jeffco Open Space trails, and life in the foothills.

insideevergreenco.com →

Jefferson County

Inside Golden

An independent guide to Golden, Colorado: Washington Avenue, Clear Creek, the Table Mountains, Lookout Mountain, and life at the edge of the foothills.

insidegolden.com →

Lake County

Inside Leadville

An independent guide to Leadville, Colorado: Harrison Avenue, the Mineral Belt Trail and the highest incorporated city in the US, at about 10,150 feet.

insideleadville.com →

El Paso County

Inside Manitou Springs

An independent guide to Manitou Springs, Colorado: the mineral springs, Manitou Avenue, the Incline, the cog railway and the foot of Pikes Peak.

insidemanitousprings.com →

Boulder County

Inside Nederland

An independent guide to Nederland, Colorado: the top of Boulder Canyon, Barker Reservoir, the Peak to Peak Highway and the Indian Peaks trailheads.

insidenederland.com →

South Metro

Douglas County

Inside Castle Rock

An independent guide to Castle Rock, Colorado: downtown under the Rock, Philip S. Miller Park, the trails, and life between Denver and Colorado Springs.

insidecastlerockco.com →

Elbert County

Inside Elizabeth

An independent guide to Elizabeth, Colorado: Main Street, the Stampede, the Palmer Divide, and what it’s like to live an hour from Denver on the prairie.

insideelizabeth.com →

Where they are

Across the towns

High school sports

Scores and schedules for 15 schools, on twelve of the guides.

Guides live: 21
Counties: 9
Population of the towns: 615,693

Population at the 2020 census, summed across the live guides: the towns' size, not a count of readers. Several have grown a long way since.

How it’s made

Every guide made the same careful way.

Never the town government, always linking to it. Editorial listings, not paid placement.

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