Grand Lake, Colorado

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The town of Grand Lake is located in Grand County.

Typical abbreviation for Grand Lake: Grand Lk.

Grand Lake was incorporated June 23, 1944.

The community of Grand Lake is 2,550 feet [777.24 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Grand Lake lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Grand Lake can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Grand Lake had a population of 447 people^<2> (or 3.58% of the total population of Grand County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Grand Lake had a population of 433 people. This is a decrease of 3.13% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Grand Lake.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Allenspark	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Caribou City	SE	24 mi [38.62 km]	---
	Eldora	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	---
	Estes Park	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	6,432	18.83% increase
	Fraser	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	927	1.87% increase
	Gold Hill	SE	25 mi [40.23 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Grand Lake.

Websites for Grand Lake

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The Commemorative Quarter for Colorado<4>

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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) Grand Lake. 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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