Car Hire in Boulder - Getting to Boulder

Denver International Airport, situated 37kms northeast of downtown Denver, is the closest airport to Boulder. It is the sixth-busiest airport in the nation, with six runways and 94 gates. As well as various national services, there is a British Airways daily non-stop flight between London and Denver.

Located 48kms from Denver, Boulder is conveniently connected via Highway 36 to the intersection of I-70 (east-west from Utah to Maryland) and I-25 (north-south from New Mexico to Wyoming). These two highways, plus the state's additional roads, link Boulder to all the major towns and visitor attractions.

Amtrak rail service has two routes through Colorado. One links San Francisco and Chicago, and passes through Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Granby, Winter Park, Denver and Fort Morgan en route to Omaha, Nebraska. Another runs between Los Angeles and Chicago, travelling from Albuquerque, New Mexico, via Trinidad, La Junta and Lamar, before crossing the Colorado border into Kansas.

Greyhound and its affiliate, TNM&O, run frequent buses on popular domestic and transcontinental routes. Boulder is served by its own station, but the nearest hub is Denver.