Gunbarrel, Colorado

About Gunbarrel

Gunbarrel is a small unincorporated community in northern Colorado.

Officially, Gunbarrel is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.25 square miles.

📰 Gunbarrel News Today

• I-70 @ I-270 (W View) - Live Traffic Camera WeatherBug · Aug 17
• Gunbarrel Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Gunbarrel Residents Protest BI Inc.’s Immigration Monitoring Work Yellow Scene Magazine · Mar 3
• Protests against ICE tracking device manufacturer BI in Gunbarrel KGNU · Mar 3
• Koelbel closes financing for 65-unit affordable housing in Boulder County ColoradoBiz · Jun 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Gunbarrel Unique

• The only place in America named Gunbarrel — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Gunbarrel

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Gunbarrel

• Ampersand Coffee Roasters — coffee shop (café)
• Aperitivo (café)
• Cafe Blue — american
• Human Kind Coffee House — coffee shop (café)
• Sancho's Authentic Mexican Restaurant — mexican
• Yurihana — asian
• food trucks — regional

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Shelby American Car Museum · Museum
• White Rocks · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Gunbarrel

• Heatherwood Park reviews ★
• Tom Watson Park reviews ★
• Twin Lakes reviews ★
• Eaton Park reviews ★
• Fountain Greens Park reviews ★
• Gunbarrel Estates Park reviews ★
• Meadow Creek Apartment reviews ★
• Parker Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Gunbarrel

🏘️ Nearby Communities