• Ancient Rock Art

    Ancient Rock Art

    Canyon Pintado (Painted Canyon) has been occupied by prehistoric people for as long as 11,000 years and was visited repeatedly by a variety of cultures throughout its long history. Located just to the south of Rangely, 8 well marked sites are featured on a driving tour, and are part of more than fifty archaeological sites in the Canyon Pintado District were the handiwork of Fremont-age peoples.

  • The Tank Center for Sonic Arts

    The Tank Center for Sonic Arts

    The Tank: Center for Sonic Arts is an acoustical marvel and a sonic wonder of the world, with a shifting reverberation longer and richer than the Taj Majal or the Great Pyramid. The unique sound quality of the 65’ tall steel water tank was discovered in Rangely by sound artist and sonic thinker Bruce Odland in 1976 and became a place where a small group of musicians and sound artists recorded music for decades.

  • White River, Kenney Reservoir, Taylor Draw Damn

    Kenney Reservoir

    Kenney Reservoir, five miles east of Rangely, offers boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing as well as plenty of campsites for tents or campers. Regularly maintained bathroom facilities are available along with covered picnic tables surrounded by shade trees and lawn. Five thousand rainbow trout are stocked into the lake each spring, with crappie and catfish also being popular game fish in these waters.

  • Rangely Automotive Museum

    Rangely Automotive Museum

    The Rangely Automotive Museum, which houses the extensive private collection of Bud Striegel of W.C. Striegel, Inc., showcases many classic cars, which range from a 1870s bicycle and 1915 Woods to an 1959 El Camino. Most vehicles in the museum come with a colorful history including a beautifully restored green town car once owned by the Warner Brothers movie production studio.

  • Cedar Ridges Golf Course Rangely CO

    Cedar Ridges Golf Course

    Cedar Ridges Golf Course, located just two miles east of Rangely, is a public course with a little bit of everything: rolling swells, mounds marking safe landing areas, multiple tee boxes, large rolling greens, hills, water, sand traps, trees and level areas. The 9-hole, par 36 course is a public golf course that opened in 1985.

  • Elks Park - Play Ground

    Elks Park Play Ground

    Elks Park, in the southwest corner of town, was originally built by the local Elks Lodge. Families can stretch their legs at the playground, relax under the mature landscaping that includes beautiful shade trees, lilac bushes and assorted shrubs, multiple picnic shelters and restrooms, basketball courts, horseshoe pits, sand volleyball court, and paved parking.

  • Rock Crawling Park

    Rock Crawling Park

    Rangely is home to the only designated natural rock crawling park in the state of Colorado. With more than 560 acres of natural terrain designated by the Bureau of Land Management as a four-wheel drive park, the Rangely Rock Crawling Club has one of the largest areas in the country to climb. Rock crawling is an extreme form of off-road driving. In rock crawling, drivers pilot highly modified four-wheel-drive vehicles over very harsh terrain.

  • Wild Life

    Wild Life

    Diverse wildlife surrounds the Rangely area including big game, birds and predators. Much of the area is public land, providing thousands of hunting and viewing acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Deer, antelope and elk are frequently seen in the area, frequently grazing near the roadways.

  • Our Community

    Our Community

    With a population of less than 3000, and rated one of the safest towns in Colorado, Rangely is one of the best places to call home on the Western Slope. Situated on the high desert, with an elevation of just over a mile, an earth toned palette of a classic Western landscape provides the setting for rural life that is anything but ordinary.

Welcome to the Town of Rangely

In the White River Valley, nestled alongside the Book Cliffs mountains and among the mesas of the high desert of Northwest Colorado, the small community of Rangely offers unique lifestyle and business opportunities for those seeking an escape from the city.

We don't have it all, nor do we want to, because what Rangely offers is unique and world class. The largest elk population in the world winters nearby in Dinosaur National Monument, and the one-of-a-kind International Center for Sonic Arts overlooks the White River. Whether you want to maneuver your 4-wheeler over the only designated rock crawling park on federal land, with it's more than 560 acres of natural terrain, or earn a degree in one of several nationally-acclaimed programs at Colorado Northwestern Community College, you'll have direct access to resources few others enjoy.

Residents enjoy the advantages of rural life—peace and quiet, a star-filled sky, access to farm fresh eggs and local game, and ample space for growing vegetables and raising animals. Kids enjoy the freedom to ride bikes around town, neighbors help each other, local shopkeepers provide everything from hardware to organic coffee beans with personal and helpful service, and people who make their home here value the easy entry to over a 1000 sqare miles of public land with diverse recreational opportunities. Hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, and boating are all just minutes away, and two national forests are about an hour’s drive.

While our isolated location protects the character and quality of the small town life we love, our high speed fiber optic network brings the world at lightning speed to our doorsteps. With online entertainment, shopping (if you can't find it locally), remote work opportunities, online education, and a stable internet network suitable for a business of any size at your fingertips, there's not much you'll miss while distant from the city. And when the city does beckon, whether you're travelling east or west, you'll enjoy several hours of exquisite scenery on the open road in a vehicle that sees very few commuting miles during the work week.

Whether you're looking for a place to call home, exploring ideas for your next adventure, or seeking the perfect location for your business, we hope you'll take the opportunity to Discover Rangely!

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TOWN OF RANGELY OFFICE CLOSURES

TOWN OF RANGELY OFFICE CLOSURES

Use of Registered Off Highway Vehicles (OHV)

Please see the attached file regarding Ordinance 685 Use of Registered off Highway Vehicles (OHV)

We Now Offer Online Bill Pay!!

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Hang Gliding Survey

This year the Town of Rangely hosted its first international hang gliding competition.   The event hosted approximately 40 hang gliders from across the U.S., Canada and Europe.  We originally planned to host this competition each year but wanted to evaluate the economic impact of this event to our local economy through the use of the survey below.  Please access the survey through the link.   The survey will be up for a couple of months and once the statistics are compiled those summaries will be provided through a similar link on our homepage.   Please access the survey through the link above and take a few minutes to respond to the 16 questions.  Thank you for your help.