LOCATION

• Evergreen to downtown Denver: 35 minutes
• Evergreen to Denver Tech Center: 50 minutes
• Evergreen to Cherry Creek Shopping Center: 45 minutes
• There are no city defined limits so the area is approximately 150 square miles.
• Elevation at Evergreen Lake is 7040 feet above sea level

Evergreen, Colorado sits at an elevation of 7,220 feet in the Rocky Mountains, 15 miles west of Denver, Colorado. 

Evergreen, Colorado was first founded by homesteader Thomas Bergen who arrived in 1859 and established a ranch and stage stop north of present-day downtown Evergreen.  Bergen’s Ranch was recognized as a settled area at the establishment of Jefferson County, Jefferson Territory.  Following settlers homesteaded south of Bergen along Bear Creek Canyon and the downtown area grew around the Cub Creek and Bear Creek.  Fellow homesteader Dwight P. Wilmot is credited with naming the area “Evergreen”; his home has since been preserved and still functions as a private residence across the street from his namesake Wilmot Elementary School.