Boulder, Colorado

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Denver. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the southeast of Boulder and has a population of 554,636 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 37 miles [59 km] to the southeast of Boulder and has a population of 276,393 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arvada	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	107,361	5.1% increase
	Broomfield	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	54,858	43.34% increase
	Centennial	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	---
	Englewood	SE	29 mi [46.67 km]	32,669	2.97% increase
	Fort Collins	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	136,509	15.05% increase
	Greeley	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	91,492	18.93% increase
	Lakewood	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	140,989	2.18% decrease
	Littleton	SE	32 mi [51.5 km]	40,777	1.08% increase
	Longmont	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	85,928	20.87% increase
	Loveland	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	65,587	29.6% increase
	Northglenn	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	33,697	6.72% increase
	Parker	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	43,767	85.78% increase
	Thornton	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	113,429	37.68% increase
	Westminster	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	107,056	6.06% increase
	Wheat Ridge	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	30,894	6.13% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Caribou City	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Coal Creek	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Crescent Village	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Eldorado Springs	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Erie	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	16,432	161.2% increase
	Gold Hill	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Gunbarrel	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Jamestown	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	213	3.9% increase
	Lafayette	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	25,065	8.05% increase
	Louisville	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	19,133	1.04% increase
	Lyons	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	2,035	28.39% increase
	Niwot	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Superior	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	10,549	17.07% increase
	Wallace Village	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Ward	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	168	0.59% decrease

Boulder County

Boulder is located in Boulder County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boulder: Adams, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer and Weld.

While not sharing a border with Boulder, the following counties are close to Boulder: Broomfield, Denver and Clear Creek.

Below are counties that are near Boulder (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Boulder:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Boulder
	Adams County	SE	Broomfield	12 miles [19 km]
	Arapahoe County	SE	Glendale	27 miles [43 km]
	Broomfield County	SE	Aspen Creek	11 miles [17 km]
	Clear Creek County	SW	Gilson Gulch	22 miles [35 km]
	Denver County	SE	Lakeside	19 miles [30 km]
	Douglas County	S	Blakeland	34 miles [54 km]
	Gilpin County	SW	Lincoln Hills	13 miles [20 km]
	Grand County	W	Hideaway Park	29 miles [46 km]
	Jefferson County	S	Plainview	9 miles [14 km]
	Larimer County	N	Pinewood Springs	17 miles [27 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Colorado<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Boulder. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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