After much ado, deliberation, and voting, we have finally picked a winner. ... And the winner is ... With a total score of 52 out of a possible 60: Downtown Boulder / Mapleton Hill. Here's how the scoring broke down: 1.  Walk Score - 8. Dependant on location within the downtown Boulder/Mapleton Hill neighborhoods, most homes ranged between the Mid 70's and the mid 90's, with the average in the mid 80s. Hence, 8 out of 10. 2.  Proximity to Boulder Mountain Parks - 9. At around 1mi. to the Sanitas trailhead, 1.25mi. to the mouth of Boulder Canyon, and 2 miles to the Chautauqua Trailhead, Downtown Boulder is the gateway to the mountains. 3.  Proximity to Downtown Boulder - 10. Well, it IS downtown Boulder, just feet away from all of that shopping, dining, arts, music & entertainment for wh... 07/07/2011

Mapleton Hills Mapleton Hills is west of the Pearl Street Mall and just east of the foothill mountains of Boulder. A relaxing enclave of homes with spectacular Victorian and Queen Ann architecture, this quiet area is one of Boulder's first neighborhoods. There are a few more modern architectural styles in the Mapleton Hills homes area that along with the Victorian and Queen Ann style homes create an interesting and diverse neighborhood. Artistic masonry and stone work and earth tone colors contrast rolling lawns and bright flowers at most homes. As the name implies, Mapleton Hills is in fact on a hill and most Mapleton homes have spectacular city and mountain views. Mapleton's main thoroughfare, 6th Avenue, is built around a tree lined median which along with the many other large trees ... 08/06/2008