Neighborhoods
Twin Buttes
In-Town
Twin Buttes is a master-planned neighborhood inside the city limits, about two miles from downtown on the southwest side, off Highway 160. The owners donated the buttes and much of the trail network to the city. What is on the ground now is the houses, a farm, Historic Tram City Park, and the trails. Land is reserved for two school sites, one of them planned as an elementary school.
City services
Water and sewer are city. So are the paved roads, sidewalks, storm drains, and fire hydrants. The city picks up trash and recycling. A 1.25-million-gallon water tank sits up the hill. Electricity, natural gas, and 1-gigabit fiber are private. Houses are built with fire sprinklers, and the forest above the neighborhood is managed for fire.
The farm and the trails
The farm stand is at 165 Tipple Avenue. From mid-June into early October it sells vegetables, fruit, herbs, flowers, and eggs in person, and sometimes honey and frozen grass-fed beef. Online ordering runs year-round. Property owners get 15 percent off produce during the growing season.
About 14 miles of trail run above and through the neighborhood, for walking, running, and biking, and they tie into the wider trail system. Most of that trail was built and is maintained by Durango Trails. The upper trails close from December 1 through April 15 for wildlife. The lower trails stay open. The Upper Boston Coal and Fuel trail continues into Perins State Wildlife Area and is hikers only, from April 16 through November 30.
Historic Tram City Park has a lawn, a playground, picnic tables, and room for concerts. Lightner Creek runs through the ground. The trees are ponderosa, spruce, Gambel oak, pinon, juniper, and cedar.