Niwot Ridge, Boulder

#12 among attractions in Boulder

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Niwot Ridge is an alpine ecology research station located 65 km north-west of Denver in north-central Colorado. It is on the Front Range of the southern Rocky Mountains and lies within the Roosevelt National Forest. Niwot Ridge is 2,900 metres high. ()

Coordinates: 40°0'0"N, 105°18'0"W

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Boulder United States

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Niwot Ridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Flatirons, Fox Theatre, Chautauqua Park, Boulder History Museum.

0.9 miSE
Iconic mountain with 5 unique flat peaks
Flatirons, Boulder
24 min walk • The Flatirons are rock formations in the western United States, near Boulder, Colorado, consisting of flatirons. There are five large, numbered Flatirons ranging from north to south along the east slope of Green Mountain, and the term "The Flatirons" sometimes refers to these five alone.
1.3 miNE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Music venue
Fox Theatre, Boulder
35 min walk • The Fox Theatre is a live music venue in Boulder, Colorado.
1.1 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Park
Chautauqua Park, Boulder
28 min walk • The Chautauqua Auditorium is a wooden building constructed for the first season of the Colorado Chautauqua in 1898, and through the years has been a venue for many lectures, musical performances, and motion pictures both primitive and modern.
1.3 miE
Museum, History museum
Boulder History Museum, Boulder
33 min walk • The Boulder History Museum, now doing business as the Museum of Boulder, is a private, nonprofit, local history museum located in Boulder, Colorado. From 1985 to 2018, the Museum operated out of the historic Harbeck-Bergheim house on University Hill near the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
1.5 miNE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Andrews Arboretum, Boulder
38 min walk • Andrews Arboretum is a small arboretum located on the east side of Broadway between Grandview and Marine Streets in Boulder, Colorado, United States. It is open every day free of charge. The arboretum was established in 1948 by Miss Maud Reed, a former botany teacher at Boulder High School.
1.4 miNE
Library
Boulder Public Library, Boulder
36 min walk • The Boulder Public Library is the public library of Boulder, Colorado in the United States. The main branch and the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History are located in downtown Boulder, while the George Reynolds and Meadows Branches are in south Boulder.
1 miE
Neighbourhood
Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder
26 min walk • The Colorado Chautauqua, located in Boulder, Colorado, United States, and started in 1898, is the only Chautauqua west of the Mississippi River still continuing in unbroken operation since the heyday of the Chautauqua Movement in the 1920s.
1.6 miNE
40°0'55"N • 105°16'37"W
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder
41 min walk • Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
0.4 miW
Nature, Mountain, Natural attraction
Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder
10 min walk • Flagstaff Mountain is a foothill on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 6,983-foot peak is located in Boulder Mountain Park in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
0.9 miN
40°0'44"N • 105°18'11"W
Boulder Canyon, Boulder
22 min walk • Bridge, Natural attraction
0.5 miE
Street
Baseline Road, Boulder
14 min walk • Baseline Road is a major east-west street in Boulder, Colorado that extends east of the city through parts of four counties. The western terminus of Baseline Road is at Flagstaff Mountain in the City of Boulder Mountain Parks.

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Which popular attractions are close to Niwot Ridge?

Nearby attractions include Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder (10 min walk), Baseline Road, Boulder (14 min walk), Boulder Canyon, Boulder (22 min walk).