Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Census Designated Place in Colorado, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Red Feather Lakes is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Red Feather Lakes post office has the ZIP Code 80545.[4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Red Feather Lakes CDP was 426.[3]
Red Feather Lakes | |
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Location of the Red Feather Lakes CDP in the United States. | |
Coordinates: 40°48′26″N 105°35′11″W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Larimer County |
Government | |
• Type | unincorporated town |
Area | |
• Total | 9.648 sq mi (24.988 km2) |
• Land | 9.116 sq mi (23.610 km2) |
• Water | 0.532 sq mi (1.378 km2) |
Elevation | 8,245 ft (2,513 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 426 |
• Density | 44/sq mi (17/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP Code[4] | 80545 |
Area code | 970 |
GNIS feature[2] | Red Feather Lakes CDP |
Located in the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins, Red Feather Lakes is a rustic mountain village surrounded by the Roosevelt National Forest. The village has three small general stores with gas pump, groceries, ATM and gift shop, a hardware store, an outdoor sports shop, a coffee shop, a community library, small antique store, and post office. Several rustic mountain restaurants are located in the community.[5]
Gnome Road (aka "Elf Lane") is a mountain dirt road in the village. Hikers strolling and cars cruising the scenic road will find ceramic elves and gnomes as well as fairy doors and faces among the trees, boulders and bushes.[6][5]