Columbine Real Estate & Homes For Sale in Colorado

Columbine Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Colorado

Columbine is located five miles southwest of the Littleton Main Street historic district in Jefferson County. Just 14 miles from Denver, Columbine is home to 24,000 residents. It offers a wonderful quality of life with good schools, historic buildings, open space, parks and trail systems. Columbine residents work together to make the community a pleasant place to live, helping one another and volunteering. Children in this area attend Jefferson County Public Schools, which higher test scores than state and national averages on standardized tests. Nearby, there are community colleges and other institutes of higher education including University of Colorado at Denver, University of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver and Regis University. Known as the “Gateway to the Rockies", Jefferson County offers plenty of places to hike, mountain bike, horseback ride, boat, fish, hunt, camp and picnic. Chatfield State Park is just south of Columbine and offers boating, wildlife viewing, fishing, hiking and biking trails, camping and hot air balloon launches. Littleton Historical Museum features two late 19th century living history farms with historic buildings, an 1860s schoolhouse, and gardens with period crops. There are a number of events and festivals in the area including garden shows, 4th of July celebrations, parades, trick or treating events, craft shows, candlelight walks and live music. Columbine real estate options consist of single-family homes, townhouses and condominiums.