City of Estes Park

The city of Estes Park

The Town of Estes Park is in a high mountain valley, 7,522 feet above sea level, readily accessible by good roads year round and surrounded by snowcapped peaks ranging from 8,500 to more than 14,000 feet high. Estes Park is a Statutory Town located in Larimer County, Colorado on the Big Thompson River. The population was 5,413 at the 2000 census. As of a 2006 census estimate, the population has risen to 6,006.

Estes Park burst into the national consciousness in 1976 with the tragic events of the Big Thompson Flood, the most destructive natural disaster in Colorado history.The entrances to Rocky Mountain National Park are 10 minutes west of Estes Park. Now more than 80 years old, “Rocky” stands as one of the crown jewels of the nation’s national park system.
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Big Thompson Canyon flood of July31, 1976

Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO.