Why visit Niwot
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 5 parks and trails, 12 places to eat and 1 place to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art and Boulder Reservoir.
Weather in Niwot
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About Niwot
Niwot is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The Niwot post office has the ZIP Codes 80503 and 80544 (for post office boxes). At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Niwot CDP was 4,306.
From the Wikipedia article Niwot, Colorado (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art
Museum · 3.5 mi
Museum in Boulder, Colorado
Parks, trails and playgrounds5
Restaurants and cafes12
Sachi - Casual Japanese Restaurant
Restaurant · Japanese · 0.6 mi
In market store
Where to stay1
History
Niwot is named for Arapaho Chief Niwot, a tribal leader in the Boulder area during the nineteenth century. The name means "left-handed".
The town of Niwot was first platted in 1875 along either side of the Colorado Central Railroad. Initially, the town's commercial district was to the west of the railroad, while the residential was to the east. By the early 1900s, the bulk of the town shifted to the east side of the track, while the buildings to the west were either relocated or burned down.
Niwot is recognized for being the former headquarters of footwear company Crocs, Inc. for more than a decade prior to June 2020.
From the History section of Niwot, Colorado on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship5
Ryssby Church
Church · National Register of Historic Places · 4.0 mi
Shopping4
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries24
Boulder Prep Charter High School
School · 3.0 mi
5075 Chaparral Court #1, Boulder
Map of Niwot
55 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
People and cost of living
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.
Disaster history
Boulder County has had 17 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for fires.
- 2024-07-31: Stone Mountain Fire (Fire)
- 2021-12-31: Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds (Fire)
- 2021-12-30: Marshall Fire (Fire)
- 2020-10-17: Calwood Fire (Fire)
- 2020-03-28: Covid-19 Pandemic (Biological)
- 2020-03-13: Covid-19 (Biological)
OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.
Getting there and nearby towns
Boulder Municipal Airport (WBU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 6 miles away.
- Gunbarrel 2 mi south, about 4 min by car
- Longmont 6 mi northeast, about 10 min by car
- Boulder 7 mi southwest, about 11 min by car
- Erie 7 mi southeast, about 12 min by car
- Lafayette 8 mi southeast, about 12 min by car
- Louisville 9 mi south, about 14 min by car
- Frederick 10 mi east, about 16 min by car
- Broomfield 11 mi southeast, about 18 min by car
- Superior 11 mi south, about 18 min by car
- Firestone 12 mi east, about 19 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB, the NEMICO news database.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- NCES EDGE (Public domain): public schools
- OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Niwot, Colorado, Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 4.0
- BoulderCO RyssbyChurch, User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Boulder Reservoir Regional Park, Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0
- Lapinot, JeremyBornstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
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