Granby Colorado Vacations & Information

Granby, Colorado, is the west. The west of cowboys, rodeos, and cookouts, bright stars and unpolluted skies, mountains, rivers, sprawling ranch land and untamed wildlife. The real west where you adventure awaits. The town of Granby is the hub of Colorado's spectacular Middle Park where the mountains dominate and control the landscape absolute.

Granby was founded in 1905 with the arrival of the original Moffat Railroad. The town was named after Granby Hiller, the U.S. District Attorney for Colorado. Within a year, the town had grown to consist of 30 dwellings, 2 livery barns, 2 hotels, 2 restaurants, a church, a schoolhouse, and 4 saloons.

At an elevation of 7,935 feet above sea level, today Granby, Colorado, offers the Colorado Rocky Mountain experience at a considerably lower price than your typical resort community.

Granby, Colorado has maintained its proud ranching heritage and its friendly small-town atmosphere, despite seeing the growth of the Colorado tourist industry all around it. You can only keep such a beautiful place a secret for so long. From music festivals, to watersports, to horseback riding, to just plain relaxing, you can do it all within minutes of Granby.

Elevation: 7,935 feet above sea level.
Snowfall: Approximately 100 inches annually.
Average Temperatures: January: 29F., July: 82F.