Highlands Ranch Colorado Highlights -

Highlands Ranch Colorado Highlights

Where can you find a little bit of the country within the suburbs? Recently, I had a couple looking to buy their first home together. He was a cowboy from Wyoming and she was born and raised in the southern suburbs of Denver. He loves the quiet of the country. She loves the convenience of the suburbs. That’s why when it came time to purchase their home Highlands Ranch Colorado was the perfect compromise.

Many people think that it is “just a boring suburb.” However, on the contrary, Highlands Ranch has plenty to offer, such as outdoor activities, delicious restaurants, tons of shopping and access to the city, right at your fingertips.

Highlands Ranch was purchased in the late 70’s by The Mission Viejo Company. The company wanted to recreate a similar look to their last endeavor, Mission Viejo, California. In 1981, houses began popping up. Now there are over 29,000 single-family homes and over 3,200 apartments populating Highlands Ranch.

One Highlands Ranch highlight we both love is the open space and access to hiking, biking, dog parks and trails. The maturity of the trees and the feeling of being closer to nature was undeniably “right” for us. Also, many people don’t know that Highlands Ranch has 25 parks, 70 miles of trails, and 2,500 acres of natural open space areas.

Other Highlands Ranch, Colorado Highlights

Two skate parks
One inline hockey rink
Four dog parks
Four outdoor pickleball courts
Eight lighted tennis courts
Three lighted ball fields
Two historic parks – Fly’n B Park, and Cheese Ranch Historic & Natural Area
Three community gardens
One equestrian area

My husband gets so excited each year to enter the lottery to win an elk tag to hunt on some of the open space right here in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He also loves biking to all of our local breweries. Almost all of the local breweries allow you to bring your four-legged friend with you! While they don’t typically serve food, there’s usually a local food truck to satisfy your hunger.

Indoor Recreation Centers

Highlands Ranch Colorado has 50 miles of trails

Pups, Rasta and Max, love their daily walks on the trails throughout Highlands Ranch Colorado

My Highlands Ranch highlight is that we have easy access to four full-service recreational centers, and all of them have indoor and outdoor pools, complete workout facilities, camps, classes and much more. The rec centers are a highlight and a real treat, and as a resident of Highlands Ranch, you get to use all four for free. And to keep our “fur babies” happy (pictured right) and we are constantly utilizing the four dog parks and over 50 miles of trail systems.

We both love that we don’t have to deal with the traffic of downtown but still have great access to get downtown easily by light rail. And unlike most homes near downtown, homes in Highlands Ranch are not very old (in comparison to homes in Denver,) so we don’t have the intense and expensive maintenance that a home that is 60+ years old. Another Highlands Ranch highlight is that the majority of our power lines are buried under ground, which equals fewer power outages and better views!

We love Highlands Ranch and all that it has to offer with its urban feel but suburban convenience.

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Highlands Ranch Colorado Highlights