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Flatirons

3 Porch Notes tagged “Flatirons,” from counties across Colorado.

Water and land - Boulder County

The Flatirons are tilted slabs of an old sandy plain

Boulder's signature Flatirons are slabs of Fountain Formation sandstone that were laid down flat, then tipped on edge when the Rocky Mountains rose.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Boulder County

Legion Park frames the Flatirons fading into prairie

A small hilltop park where the Flatirons rise to the west and the mountains fade into prairie grasslands north and south, all in one view.

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History and culture - Boulder County

Boulder's Chautauqua is a living piece of a national movement

The Colorado Chautauqua in Boulder, built in 1898 as a summer education and culture retreat, is a National Historic Landmark and still operates today.

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