Sterling Ranch is Douglas County’s most thoughtfully realized new community — a master-planned development approximately 20 miles south of Denver that combines the convenience of modern planning with the natural beauty of Colorado’s Front Range foothills. Spread across 3,400 acres and organized into nine distinct Villages, the community is designed around connection: to neighbors, to nature, and to a shared vision of what suburban life can look like when it’s built with intention and genuine care for how people actually want to live.
Thirty miles of trails wind through the community and into adjacent Roxborough and Chatfield State Parks, placing extraordinary outdoor recreation — hiking, biking, and wildlife watching — within walking distance of front doors. The Sterling Center provides shops, restaurants, and retail without requiring a car, and the Overlook Clubhouse offers a community gathering space that anchors neighborhood social life throughout the seasons. Smart home technology and green building features are standard. With 537 homes closing at an average of $729,278 in 2024, Sterling Ranch offers new-construction buyers a contemporary community built for the way Colorado families want to live.