Mountain Meadows

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Mountain Meadows

Total population

180

Median home value

$1,038,800

82.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Weather73°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates40.03°, -105.38°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mountain Meadows is an unincorporated community 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. The population of the Mountain Meadows CDP was 237 at the United States Census 2020. The Boulder post office serves the area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Mountain Meadows, CO from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Jared Polis

American politician

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Cory Richards

American mountaineer

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John Chynoweth Burnham

American historian

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Zarah Little

American actress

Marcus Brauchli

Executive editor of The Washington Post

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Vanessa Taylor

American screenwriter (born 1970)

Andrew Denison

American opinion journalist, political scientist and political commentator

Matt Cooke

American bicycle racer

Rathvon M. Tompkins

American general

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Jason Lunn

American middle-distance runner

Cassie Taylor

American singer-songwriter and blues musician

Will Pericak

American football player

Gerald Robinson

American education reformer

Stefan Bachmann

Swiss author

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Roger S. Burdick

American judge

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Nancy E. Rice

American jurist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mountain Meadows

Exploratory palynology of a subalpine meadow, La Plata Mountains, southwestern Colorado

Kenneth Lee Petersen · 1975

Colorado forage research 2003

Joe E. Brummer · 2004

Economics of forage production in the mountain meadow areas of Colorado

Elmer C. Hunter · 1959

Ecology of wetlands in Big Meadows, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

David Jonathan Cooper · 1990

Forage programs and cattle systems

Elmer C. Hunter · 1963

Brigham Young, the Quorum of the Twelve, and the Latter-Day Saint Investigation of the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Thomas G. Alexander · 2007

Proposed Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Lincoln County, Wyoming

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Region 6, Colorado. · 1990

Final environmental statement for Meadow Mountain, White River National Forest

United States. Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Region. · 1974

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Moonshine, Albany, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-09-07 · 133 mi
• Wildfire 310, Garfield, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 144 mi
• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 186 mi
• Wildfire Swiss Roll, Archuleta, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 198 mi
• Wildfire Post, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 210 mi
• Wildfire Sheep Pen, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 233 mi
• Wildfire Slough Canyon, Grand, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 246 mi
• Wildfire WEISER KNOLL, Fremont, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 246 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS.