Your Guide to Buying a Home in Highlands Ranch, CO

Buying a Home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado

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(The Highlands Ranch Mansion)

Highlands Ranch is located in Douglas County

Population: 10,181 Highlands Ranch, one of Colorado's strongest master-planned communities, lies just a stone's throw to Denver's perimeter, I-470, and is 30 minutes due south of the capital city's downtown district as well as 20 minutes from the Denver Tech Center, making for perfect commuter living. 5 miles west of town is US Highway 85, Chatfield Reservoir, and Chatfield State Park while 10 miles east is I-25. Main Street dead ends at Highlands Ranch Parkway and beyond that is nothing but Colorado's unspoiled natural beauty.

Though Highlands Ranch is a planned community, and a very carefully planned one at that, there is an interesting history associated with the land in which it sits. Actually part of the Louisiana Purchase from Napolean, famous names have passed more than once through Highlands Ranch territory. Kit Carson, Lewis Cleveland (President Grover Cleveland's cousin), John Springer (a descendant of the Russian Czar), and cheese makers Johanne Welte and Plazidus Gassner. Springer actually ended up owning 23,000 acres of the property and built the Highlands Ranch Mansion in 1904. The property changed hands several times and was a cattle ranch at one point. Finally, Shea Homes acquired the property in 1997 and is still the developer today.

Located in Douglas County, the community is supported by the Douglas County School District, offering residents a formidable education for all ages, and the Douglas County Public Library with a new branch right in the town center. Snow removal and road maintenance is also provided by the county government. Indoor recreation, including programs at the two community recreation centers, indoor and outdoor pool facilities and residential architectural review are managed by a homeowner's association. Two golf courses are located in Highlands Ranch. RTD, the Regional Transportation District, serves Highlands Ranch with bus service and a recently-launched connector bus service, known as the RanchRider. With a host of state parks, hiking areas, shopping, awesome restaurants and a multitude of other diverse activities for which Colorado is famous, including some of the world's best skiing and snowboarding a little more than an hour's drive in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, Highlands Ranch residents have it all!