4 Recreation Centers – Lifestyle in Highlands Ranch

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About 12 miles south of Denver, the Highlands Ranch master-planned community extends over 22,000 acres of Douglas County. Included in the home ownership and HOA fees at Highlands Ranch come 4 beautiful recreation centers. Buy a home in Highlands Ranch and immediately experience the active lifestyle at these centers.

By the way, Highlands Ranch homes are convenient. From the driveway of a Highlands Ranch home, you can be at work in minutes. Many residents here work in the business corridors at The Denver Tech Center, Meridian Business Park, and the Inverness Business Park. Or dash home for golf or exercise.highland ranch

4 Rec Centers in Neighborhoods at Highlands Ranch

Each of Highland’s Ranch’s four neighborhoods–Eastridge, Westridge, Northridge and Southridge–features its own recreation center with amenities ranging from work-out facilities to playgrounds and swimming pools, running tracks, and ropes-courses with a wide variety of programs and organized activities.

Northridge Recreation Center

Opening first in 1982 was the Recreation Center at Northridge. Its 53,000 square feet of facilities include an aquatic center, cardiovascular area, family changing room, fitness and dance studio, free weight area, gymnasiums, meeting rooms, a nursery, dive pool, lap pool, youth pool, running track, a spa, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, variable-resistance machines, and racquetball courts.

Eastridge Recreation Center

Recreation Center at Eastridge includes cardiovascular area, family changing rooms, fitness and dance studio, free weight area, indoor locker rooms, meeting rooms, nursery and day camp, indoor and outdoor lap pools, slides, outdoor youth pool, indoor zero-depth wading pool and splash fountain, running track, spa and steam room, climbing wall, gymnasiums, and the administration offices.

Southridge Recreation Center

Within Recreation Center at Southridge is Wildcat Auditorium features an elevated stage with curtains, dressing rooms, meeting rooms, reception area, attached patio, and a catering kitchen. Senior Lounge offers an activity room and office and storage space. Five Tennis Courts offer support space, restrooms, and a built-in seating area.

Westridge Recreation Center

The Recreation Center at Westridge features unique amenities such as a batting cage, sport court with dasher boards for in-line hockey, indoor soccer, basketball, a cycling studio, gymnasiums, pools, fitness facilities and much more.

More Amenities in Highlands Ranch

Interspersed around Highlands Ranch homes, residents also enjoy 19 community parks, 60 miles of trails, and 2,000 acres of natural open space, and other signature facilities. There’s something for everyone during all seasons. Does your child want to go to skate parks? Do you like to golf? Highlands Ranch has dog parks, public tennis courts, and baseball diamonds, too.

Additional facilities house Wellness Services such as nutrition, acupuncture, foot care, yoga, and mind-body sessions. Aquatic Adventures such as scuba, snorkeling, kayaking, and diving. Other adventures include the climbing wall, bouldering and belay, orientation classes, horseback riding, and backcountry trail rides–adding zip to what is described as “a family friendly, backyard barbecue, lucky-to-live-in-Colorado” kind of place.

Are You Interested in Highlands Ranch Real Estate?

If you’d like to know more about the Highlands Ranch lifestyle, call 720-299-3554 and ask Amy Hitch at HomeSmart. My experience in real estate transactions could help you find a home or sell your current home in the Denver Metro area. I look forward to hearing from you!