Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek is a 31.4-mile-long creek draining the Rocky Mountains to the west of Boulder, Colorado, as well as the city itself and surrounding plains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Boulder and Weld counties in Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “North Boulder Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Vrain State Park.
St. Vrain State Park
Park
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St. Vrain State Park, formerly known as Barbour Ponds, is a Colorado state park. The park hosts year-round camping. It is a popular birding destination, hosting the states largest rookery of Blue Heron, it is home to several other bird species as well including migrating waterfowl, songbirds and the occasional bald eagle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frederick and Firestone.
Frederick
Town
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The Town of Frederick is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 14,513 at the 2020 United States census, a +67.22% increase since the 2010 United States census. Frederick is situated 4½ miles southeast of Boulder Creek.
Firestone
Town
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The Town of Firestone is a statutory town in southwestern Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 16,381 at the 2020 United States census, a 61.44% increase since the 2010 United States census. Firestone is situated 5 miles southeast of Boulder Creek.
Longmont
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longmont is a city of about 100,000 in North Central Colorado. The city lies in Boulder and Weld counties 30 miles north-northwest of the Denver.
Boulder Creek
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Weld, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Boulder Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Boulder Creek”
- Cebuano: “Boulder Creek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بولدير كريك”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Boulder Creek”
- Persian: “نهر بولدر”
- Slovenian: “Boulder Creek”
- Venetian: “Boulder”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Boulder Creek”. Photo: Susan, CC BY 2.0.