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Welcome to Bayou Hills ...

Bayou Hills is located in Douglas County<1>.

Bayou Hills is 6,360 feet [1,939 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bayou Hills is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Bayou Hills lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bayou Hills: 303, 720 & 983<3>

Communities near Bayou Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bayou Hills.

  • Centennial
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Castle Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lone Tree
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Castle Pines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Castle Pines North
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
    • Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
  • Elizabeth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kiowa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Foxfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Foxfield is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bayou Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bayou Hills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bayou Hills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayou Hills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayou Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Bayou Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bayou Hills ...

Looking for more information about Bayou Hills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bayou Hills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bayou Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bayou Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 303 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 720 or 983. New phone numbers in the Bayou Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the Bayou Hills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.