About 70 miles west of Denver, Summit County is an outdoor playground high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Summit County real estate in the ski areas of Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain, and Arapahoe Basin welcomes snow lovers of every inclination to convenient vacation homes. Other real estate near Lake Dillon and Green Mountain is also popular during the warmer months.
Bicycling throughout Summit County from Breckenridge CO homes in the county seat offers residents satisfying outdoor time. The marvelous Great Parks Bicycle Route and the TransAmerica Trail Bicycle Trail are convenient and invigorating modes of transportation. Trail systems connect to homes in Keystone, Copper Mountain, Dillon, Frisco, and rural Summit County’s Blue River, Heeney, Montezuma, and Silverthorne real estate.
The playground extends through the White River National Forest and Eagles Nest Wilderness where friends and family walk, hike, bike, horseback ride and access camping, climbing, and hunting grounds. Volunteers help to maintain some of the most beautiful trails anywhere: The American Discovery Trail, the Colorado Trail, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, Vail Pass National Recreation Trail, and Wheeler Ten Mil National Recreation Trail.
Amateur and professional photographers literally have a field day by taking the Rockies National Scenic Byway to the top of the Continental Divide. However, the views from the valleys to the top of Ten Peaks, Gore Mountain, and Dercum Mountain make for wonderful souvenirs as well.
Year after year, an investment in Summit County expands in value. Over the past 15 years especially, people yearning to find balance between the stress of jobs and city life are finding a spot to gather together for family vacations only an hour and a half from the amenities of the metropolitan area.
Summit County features over 600 square miles of immersion in a pristine natural environment dotted with friendly towns and resorts that bear the hologram of the native populations that took refuge here as well as shadows and sparkle from the glory of the Colorado Gold Rush.
Organized as one of the 17 original counties in the state in 1861, the county is named for the many mountain summits within its boundaries which previously included the surrounding counties of Grand, Routt, Moffat, Garfield, Eagle, and Rio Blanco. In 1874, its land area was split up and the current boundaries have been in place since 1883. It is the 19th most populous of the 64 counties in Colorado and in the year 2000 claimed over 25,000 fulltime residents.
Call Rick Allemang at (970) 547-1002 or e-mail info@realestatecolorado.com for the grand tour of vacation properties in the area.
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