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Estes Park
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town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Larimer
- Incorporated
- April 17, 1917
- Type
- statutory town
- Statutory town
- 6.897 sq mi (17.862 km )
- Land
- 6.822 sq mi (17.668 km )
- Water
- 0.075 sq mi (0.194 km )
- Elevation
- 7,743 ft (2,360 m)
- Density
- 865/sq mi (334/km )
- Metro
- 359,066 ( 151st )
- Front range
- 5,055,344
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Area codes
- 970/748
- Fips code
- 08-25115
- Website
- estespark .colorado .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Estes Park (/ˈɛstɪs/) is a statutory town in southwestern Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States census. Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. A popular summer resort and the location of the headquarters for Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park lies along the Big Thompson River. Landmarks include The Stanley Hotel and The Baldpate Inn. The town overlooks Lake Estes and Olympus Dam.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Estes Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.