Upper Bear Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Upper Bear Creek CDP was 984 at the United States Census 2020. The Evergreen post office (Zip Code 80439) serves the area.
History The Upper Bear Creek area is rich in history - Troutdale in the Pines, a posh resort hotel, catered to Hollywood movie stars and America's elite in the 1920s and served as a vacation spot for Denverites escaping the summer heat. Other summer resorts sprang up in the area as well, including the Greystone Guest Ranch and the Brookforest Inn.
Additionally, the Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab School, a campus of the Jefferson County Public Schools, is located in the Upper Bear Creek area. Many Jeffco 6th graders will spend a week at Mt. Evans, or the other outdoor lab school, Windy Peak, where they stay in cabins or dorms and study various aspects of the outdoors, including forestry, astronomy, ecology, and pioneer history, among others.
Geography The Upper Bear Creek CDP has an area of , including of water.
Climate Corral Creek (RAWS) and Evergreen 6.5 WSW (CoCoRaHS) are weather stations near Upper Bear Creek with temperature and precipitation/snowfall data, respectively. Corral Creek has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with long, snowy winters and warm but relatively short summers that are more characteristic of a subalpine climate (Köppen Dfc).
Demographics The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the
See also
Front Range Urban Corridor
References
External links
Clear Creek County website