Cocooned in its own valley, only minutes from downtown Steamboat Springs, Strawberry Park is an ideal setting for those who want space, privacy and convenience. The area was the site of many milestones in the evolution of the Yampa Valley. Strawberry fields once bloomed here giving this corner of Routt County its name.

It is here that two ladies, Charlotte Perry and Portia Mansfield, defied critics to open Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp on a 76-acre campus in 1914. Today it is the oldest continuously running arts camp in the country and draws 250 students every summer. Steamboat Mountain School, a private boarding and day school, is also housed in Strawberry Park.

Carl Howelsen, the daredevil flying Norseman, essentially got the townsfolk on skis when he began jumping off a wooden platform in Strawberry Park, after he moved here from Norway in 1912.

Today Strawberry Park is synonymous with its thermal hot springs located on the edge of the Mount Zirkel Wilderness, in the most northern part of this neighborhood.

The main road into the area winds its way from town, past fields and open space, before slowly climbing up through dense aspen groves and pine forests. Satellite roads filter onto the incredibly scenic Buffalo Pass, or, on towards the hot springs.

The majority of homes are larger in size with spacious grounds or small to medium acreage. Expansive lots and easy access to National Forest land has made the area popular with horse owners.

Views abound from elevated properties and almost all of them offer seclusion. The more remote dwellings are off grid and suit those who can embrace a self-sustaining lifestyle.

Residents are quick to share their endless tales of wildlife spotting, including everything from mighty-sized moose to the elusive pigmy shrew.