About Fraser
Fraser is a small town in northern Colorado with an estimated population of 1,515.
Fraser holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3.46 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 438 residents per square mile.
📰 Fraser News Today
- What’s Working: In Fraser, the arts — and a sprawling new arts center — become the town’s identity The Colorado Sun · Jun 27
- Fraser Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
- Thomas R. Mason Obituary (1956 - 2026) - Fraser, CO Denver Gazette · Jun 12
- Fraser opens new bike park and pump track in Colorado mountains 9News · Jun 2
- New $1 Million Bike Park Opens Near Winter Park, Colorado POWDER Magazine · Jun 2
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Fraser Unique
- Positioned in northern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Colorado — one of 482 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Fraser
📍 Alpine Timbers📍 Arapahoe Pines at Saint Louis Creek📍 Beaver Village📍 Byers Peak Ranch📍 Byers Vista📍 Clayton📍 Diamond Bar T Ranch Estates📍 Diamond Mountain Ranch📍 Eastom📍 Elk Creek Village📍 Elk Run📍 Forest at Saint Louis Creek📍 Four Way Estates📍 Frosty Acres📍 Grand Park📍 Grand Park West Mountain📍 Hideaway Junction📍 Hideaway Pines📍 Hideaway Village📍 Hideaway Village South📍 High Lonesome Trail Estates📍 Idlewild Meadows📍 Leland Creek📍 Morningstar Meadows
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Fraser
- Elevation Pizza — pizza
- Fuego Azteca Mexican Restaurant & Cantina — mexican
- Grand County Roastery (café)
- Hernando's Pizza & Pasta Pub — pizza
- Julio's Mexican Grill & Cantina — mexican
- Pepe Osaka's Fishtaco Tequila Bar and Grill — mexican
- Solstice Winter Bistro
- The Smokehouse BBQ — barbecue
- Volario's Family Ristorante — italian
- Wake n' Bacon — breakfast
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Cozens Ranch Museum · Museum
- High Country Stampede Rodeo · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fraser
- Byers Peak Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Christopher J White Park reviews ★
- Confluence Park reviews ★
- Cozens Ranch Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Hideaway Park reviews ★
- Idlewild Park reviews ★
- Kopper's Park reviews ★
- Mountain Man Park reviews ★
- Mural Park reviews ★
- Old Schoolhouse Park reviews ★
- Walk Through History Park reviews ★
- Wolf Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Fraser
- Fraser Valley Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateColorado
TypeTown
Population (2024)1,515
Rank in state#129 of 271
Land area3.46 sq mi
Density438/sq mi
Coordinates39.9233, -105.8053