Rifle
Rifle is a growing Western Slope town booming with new businesses and opportunities while maintaining its small town atmosphere and local community feeling. The town is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Cliffs, which dominate the western skyline of the town.
Town Website: http://www.rifleco.org/ Weather: Winter - High 42 Low 9, Summer - High 82 Low 41 Activities:
Garfield School District - 3 Elementary Schools
Rifle Middle School, and Rifle High School Closest Airport: Garfield County Regional Airport 4.3 miles away Major Airport: Denver International Airport 208 miles away Population: 9,172 County: Garfield
Town Website: http://www.rifleco.org/ Weather: Winter - High 42 Low 9, Summer - High 82 Low 41 Activities:
- Fish, camp, boat, and swim at Rifle Gap State Park and Rifle Falls State Park in the cool Rocky Mountain water
- Wildlife and gold medal streams provide some of the best locations to elk hunt and fly fish
- Golf at Rifle Creek Golf Course which is a highly scenic course with strange lava dike formations of the Hogback Range running throughout
- Powderhorn Resort 51 miles away
- Crested Butte Ski Resort 104 miles away
Garfield School District - 3 Elementary Schools
Rifle Middle School, and Rifle High School Closest Airport: Garfield County Regional Airport 4.3 miles away Major Airport: Denver International Airport 208 miles away Population: 9,172 County: Garfield
