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Conifer is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. [2] Conifer is located along U.S. Route 285 in the foothills west of Denver. History
Looking northeast along SH 10 east of Walsenburg. State Highway 10 (SH 10) is a 71.968-mile-long (115.821 km) state highway in the US state of Colorado. SH 10's western terminus is at Interstate 25 (I-25) and U.S. Route 160 (US 160) in Walsenburg, and the eastern terminus is at US 50 in La Junta.
The short segment between US 50 at Salida and US 24 at Buena Vista closely parallels the original U.S. Route 650, [4] which was designated in 1926, but eliminated in 1936 when US 285 was commissioned along its present extent from Sanderson to Denver, mostly replacing state-numbered highways.
According to Jefferson County Archives, Berrian Mountain was named after George, Dan, and Ray Berrian and the Berrian family who came from Kansas to Colorado in 1887. Previously, it may have been called McIntyre Mountain after Duncan McIntyre, who owned property on the east side of the mountain where Midway House is located.
For most of the final 10 years of construction, only a single lane of traffic that reversed direction every 30 minutes remained open in the canyon. One newspaper proudly proclaimed "You heard right. For the first time in more than 10 years, construction delays along that 12-mile [19 km] stretch of Interstate 70 will be non-existent." [36]
The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Aspen Park CDP was 810 at the United States Census 2020. [3] The Aspen Park Metropolitan District provides services. The Conifer post office (ZIP Code 80433) serves the area. [4]
Trey Parker, one of the creators of the South Park series, grew up in Conifer, about 40 miles (65 km) east of Fairplay. According to Parker and co-creator Matt Stone , who is also a Colorado native, the area was well-known in Colorado for supernatural tall tales , UFO conspiracies and alien abduction stories that served as partial inspiration ...
Staunton State Park is a Colorado state park in Park and Jefferson counties, located 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Conifer, Colorado. [2] The 3,908-acre (1,582 ha) park, which opened on May 18, 2013, [3] includes dramatic rock outcroppings, several streams and a waterfall.