Conifer, Colorado
Conifer is an unincorporated mountain town of Jefferson County, Colorado in the foothills South and West of Denver, CO along highway 285. Conifer serves as the gateway to Colorado’s Southern mountains, South Park and a wealth of fly-fishing, mountain biking, skiing, snowmobiling and overall Colorado mountain activities! Conifer real estate offers a wide variety of homes for sale and lifestyle improvements!
The town of Conifer sits at about 8,300 feet although there are homes at the top of Conifer mountain approaching 10,000 feet in elevation and at the bottom of Foxton Road at the North Fork of the South Platte River the elevation is about 6,400 feet.!
Conifer is home to the well known and visible sledding hill of Meyers Ranch open Space. Passersby on Highway 285 can see sledders and snowboarders enjoying the gently sloping grassy hillside which in the spring and summer can be filled with hikers, mountain bikers and an occasional herd of Elk.
Residents in Conifer typically commute to Denver and enjoy a peaceful, low population density community with its own schools including West Jefferson Elementary, West Jefferson Middle School and Conifer High School—Home to the Lobos.
The real estate market in Conifer is one of great price diversity, with homes starting, at the time of this posting at $134,900, but with 15 homes over $1,000,000 including Conifer’s most expensive active listing at $2,500,000 in Rampart Highlands off of Richmond Hill. That said the average purchase price of homes so far in 2009 in Conifer is about $300,000.
Homes can range from the weekend mountain cabin to expansive rocky mountain horse property. Equestrians enjoy extensive trails, varied terrain and quick access to specialized veterinary care.
Conifer experienced a tremendous surge of retail growth in 2007 and 2008 with new grocery stores, including King Soopers and Safeway’s Flagship store—complete with it’s own boutique coffee bar, juice bar, sushi bar, and a lot more! In fact I believe it is the second biggest Safeway store in the U.S.! In addition many new restaurants have popped up in Conifer including: Pier 49 Pizza, Heidi’s Deli, Anthony’s Pizza, Chile’s—which despite my own efforts to eat as much as I could has subsequently closed, a beautiful Sushi restaurant- Sushi Hai, Lucille’s Steakhouse, Sonic, 3 Margaritas- who was kind enough to sponsor the third grade lacrosse team, Qdoba, Wendy’s, Fiesta Jalisco, Raven’s—a local eatery and tavern, and probably a few more that are slipping my memory right now. But none of them compete with J.J. Madwells manicotti at 26412 Main Street!
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