Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Red Feather Lakes
Ramona Lake, with the community park on the right.
Ramona Lake, with the community park on the right.
Location of the Red Feather Lakes CDP in Larimer County, Colorado.
Location of the Red Feather Lakes CDP in Larimer County, Colorado.
Red Feather Lakes is located in the United States
Red Feather Lakes
Red Feather Lakes
Location of the Red Feather Lakes CDP in the United States.
Coordinates: 40°48′26″N 105°35′11″W / 40.8071340°N 105.5864279°W / 40.8071340; -105.5864279 (Red Feather Lakes CDP, Colorado)[1]
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyLarimer County
Government
 • Typeunincorporated town
Area
 • Total9.648 sq mi (24.988 km2)
 • Land9.116 sq mi (23.610 km2)
 • Water0.532 sq mi (1.378 km2)
Elevation8,245 ft (2,513 m)
Population
 • Total426
 • Density44/sq mi (17/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code[4]
80545
Area code970
GNIS feature[2]Red Feather Lakes CDP

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Red Feather Lakes CDP, Colorado". Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Boster, Seth (June 24, 2017). "Colorful Colorado: At a remote village, magic in the mountains". The Gazette. Colorado Springs, CO. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "Gnome Road". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

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