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Welcome to Green Valley Acres ...

Green Valley Acres is located in Jefferson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Green Valley Acres: Green Vly. Acres (or less commonly used: Green Vally. Acres or Green Vlly. Acres)

Green Valley Acres is 8,310 feet [2,533 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Green Valley Acres is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Green Valley Acres lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Green Valley Acres: 303, 720 & 983<3>

Communities Also Named Green Valley Acres ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Green Valley Acres - it's located in California.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green Valley Acres.

Communities near Green Valley Acres ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Green Valley Acres.

  • Lakewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Littleton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Englewood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Golden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Golden is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,347 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden <4>
  • Sheridan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Idaho Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbine Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbine Valley is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,508 people
  • Bow Mar
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bow Mar is located in Arapahoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Mar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
  • Morrison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Springs Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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 Green Valley Acres. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Green Valley Acres.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Green Valley Acres. 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 Green Valley Acres.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Green Valley Acres ...

Looking for more information about Green Valley Acres? 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 Green Valley Acres, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Green Valley Acres.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Green Valley Acres - 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 Green Valley Acres area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the Green Valley Acres 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.