Conifer, Colorado May Just Be The Best Place To Live
I added to this post and moved it to the Conifer Real Estate Website!
I was on the way to the big city this morning and noticed a group of deer playing in the Meyers Open Space across from Aspen Park in Conifer, I pulled over to watch for a minute and snapped a few pictures of the welcome to Conifer sign- thought you might enjoy seeing what a beautiful day it is today.
If you have a minute or two (2:14) take a look at this quick video of Conifer and the new Conifer Safeway retail Center. Uploaded March, 2009. This starts with a view of Pikes Peak from a horse ranch in Conifer and then jumps to an overview of the retail center.
Conifer is a 
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!
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.
Browse the most recent homes for sale in Conifer using the map at the top right corner. Click on any of the house markers to learn more and access the full search.
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 who has a happy hour every day from 4:30-6 PM with great specials and discounted sushi in a great environment that most people simply don’t expect to find in a mountain town. Give them a call at: (303) 838-7100, 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!
Be sure to check out these related posts:
Conifer Homes For Sale
Littleton Horse Property
Conifer Home For Sale
Conifer custom Home on acreage
Evergreen Real Estate
Bailey Home For Sale
Bob Maiocco is an experienced Conifer resident, REALTOR and real estate broker. Please call or email to learn more about any of the homes for sale in and around Conifer or for marketing information when it comes time to sell your Conifer real estate. Direct: (720)273-4262 and e-mail is BobMaiocco at KW dot com.
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Conifer sounds like a good place to begin looking for a home in Colorado with such a wide range of home prices.
Hi Patsy,
I agree! I’ve lived in Conifer on a horse ranch for a few years and love it! I commute to Denver just about every day. But Always love coming home.
Although I know the hills above Austin can be pretty too! Thanks for visiting…
It’s bittersweet news that Bill & Wendy Taylor have finally sold their Conifer horse ranch. My wife and I showed it a few times but just couldn’t find the right fit… Anyway, Bill has now moved on and is temporarily living in Parker until they figure out whether to move to the East coast or not. This weekend VFW breakfast might be the last time to catch Bill in Conifer for a while so I thought I’d post the information here:
The VFW breakfast is hosted at the Beaver Ranch Main Lodge. (Highway 285 to Kennedy Gulch/Foxton Road exit, head South on Foxton to the well marked park entrance and follow the dirt road around to the lodge).
The setting is beautiful as it is in the Foxton Valley a spectacular addition to our Jefferson County Open Spaces, and the food is plentiful and tastey!
I hope to see you there!
5/17/2009
7:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Cost: All you can eat. Adults $7. 12 and under is $4. Homemade green chili, real homefries(we make them fresh) biscuits and gravy, sauage patties and links, pancakes, scrabbled eggs, bacon, desserts, coffee, milk, orange juice, occasional doughnuts.
I’m sad to say we’ve lost Heidi’s Deli (again) the second owner of this restaurant has apparently run into a dispute with the landlord and has closed up shop. Although there is some word that they may reopen– at this point there is one fewer restaurant in Conifer.
I’ve had several people ask me where the best pizza in Conifer is so I thought I would share my thoughts, at the risk of leaving a few great options out. I am a big fan of pier 49 Pizza next door to Qdoba. It offers a unique set of Pizza’s that are all tasty and good (303) 838-5201. Anthony’s Pizza is in the Safeway Center (Main St.) and has awesome traditional NY style Pizza. If you’re looking for a standard Pepperoni Pizza this is the best in my opinion! (303)838-0618 they deliver on occasion. Happy eating.