Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
| Red Feather Lakes | |
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| Census-designated place (CDP) | |
An unusual quartz scepter, from Pennoyer Amethyst Mine, Red Feather Lakes.
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 Location of Red Feather Lakes shown within Colorado |
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| Coordinates: 40°48′28″N 105°34′43″W / 40.80778°N 105.57861°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 State of Colorado
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| County | Larimer County |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.2 sq mi (96.4 km2) |
| • Land | 36.7 sq mi (95.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.4 km2) 1.48% |
| Elevation | 7,890 ft (2,405 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 525 |
| • Density | 14.3/sq mi (5.5/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 80545 |
| Area code(s) | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-63320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0170220 |
Red Feather Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The population was 525 at the 2000 census. The Red Feather Lakes Post Office has the ZIP Code 80545. Located in the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins, this is a rustic mountain village surrounded by the Roosevelt National Forest. The Red Feather Lakes area offers beautiful scenery, diverse wildlife, hiking trails and cozy mountain retreats.
The community was named after Redfeather, an Indian tribal leader. The area was first settled by loggers and ranchers around 1900, and some deserted homesteads are still strewn throughout the mountain landscape.
Red Feather Lakes is located at 40°48′28″N 105°34′43″W / 40.80778°N 105.57861°W (40.807820, -105.578641).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 37.2 square miles (96 km2), of which, 36.7 square miles (95 km2) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) of it (1.48%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 525 people, 262 households, and 175 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 14.3 people per square mile (5.5/km²). There were 1,106 housing units at an average density of 30.2 per square mile (11.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.95% White, 0.95% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.29% of the population.
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