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Open grassland under a wide Colorado sky near Niwot, the Front Range running along the western horizon

Boulder County, Colorado

Niwot

An independent guide to Niwot, Colorado: what’s on, where to eat, where to walk, and what it’s like to live here.

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The front patio of the Italian restaurant on the 300 block of Second Avenue

RestaurantOld Town, 300 block

Cimmini’s Italian Restaurant

Italian cooking made from scratch on the 300 block, with a heated front patio. Open since January 2022.

A gravel trail at the edge of the grassland east of Niwot, looking west toward the foothills at sunset

TrailTrail network

LoBo Regional Trail

The twelve-mile Longmont-to-Boulder trail runs through Niwot and joins the local trail network. The eastern fields at sunset are the reason to come.

The covered patio outside Niwot Tavern, with the bear sculptures on the corner of Cottonwood Square

RestaurantCottonwood Square

Niwot Tavern

The neighborhood tavern on the corner of Cottonwood Square, with a covered patio beside the bronze bears.

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Civic ·

The 2026 Niwot incorporation election, plainly

On November 3, voters inside a proposed boundary decide whether Niwot becomes a town, whether to elect a charter commission, and five fiscal measures that would fund it. What each question does, without an argument for or against.

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Moving here

Thinking of making Niwot home?

Schools, commutes, what the housing market looks like, and what nobody tells you until you live here.

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