About Highlands Ranch Colorado
Highlands Ranch is just 12 miles south of Denver CO and is Located in Douglas County.
Highlands Ranch was purchased by the J.F. Shea Company in august of 1997.
The Highlands Ranch Chamber of Commerce officially began in April 19, 2000.
The population is reported to be 98,000.
Highlands is reported to have approximately 29,400 single family homes affording home buyers a great selection of resale homes to choose from at any given time.
According to the CNN Money report Highlands Ranch is rated # 12 out of 100 best cities to live in.
In 2010, Business Week also named Highlands Ranch one of the best places to raise kids.
Highlands Ranch offers over 8,100 acres of open space, 24 beautiful parks, and activity possibilities. This unincorporated area outside Denver offers the best of the Colorado outdoors.
Douglas County provides Highlands Ranch with police protection, street maintenance, public street snow removal, traffic signal maintenance, and regional park maintenance.
Highlands Ranch continues to be one of the strongest master planned communities in the United States with sustained, managed growth.
Highlands Ranch Indoor recreation program consists of four community recreation centers, indoor and outdoor pool facilities and residential architectural review are managed by a homeowners association known as the Highlands Ranch Community Association. There are also sub homeowner associations located in neighborhoods across the community.
Highlands Ranch has an impressive trail system that spans 40 miles offering distance and variety from narrow 18" single tracks that wind through the prairie to wide 8' to 10' concrete paths for walkers, runners, cyclists, and inline skaters.
Highlands Ranch schools are an important part of its community and the school system is part of the highly acclaimed Douglas County School District. Highlands Ranch is served by four private schools, 15 public elementary schools, three middle schools, and three high schools. "Year-round" schooling gives Highlands Ranch students an educational edge.
A fun point of interest, Highlands Ranch is the home of the place located at S. Ranch Road; the mansion is a huge castle design and was built in 1891. In 1926 Frank Kistler purchased the property, it is said that Frank’s daughter Julia still haunts the home, people have reported seeing her in her bedroom and have heard sobs even when nobody is home. It is also said that a clock in the hall chimes even though the clock has been broken for some time, Sources HauntedDenver.com, Strangeusa.com, The Denver Newspaper
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Some Highlands Ranch neighborhoods - Back Country, Carlyle, Eastridge Pointe, Eastirdge, Eastirdge Terrace, Eastridge Village, falcon Hills, Firelight, Hawkes Pointe, High Gate, Highlands Ranch Golf Club, Highwoods, Hillcrest, indigo Hill, Kentley Hills, Lantern Hill, Mansion Hills, Masion Place, Mansion Pointe, Northridge, Palomino Park, Richmond Point, Settlers Village, Southridge Crossing, Stonebury, The Hearth, Timberline Ridge, Town Center, Tresana, Weatherstone, Westridge Glen, Westrifge Knolls, Westridge Meadows, Westridge Pointe and Westridge Village.
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