Boulder's Child- and Teen-Friendly City Maps

For a list of map sponsors, please scroll down.

To access the Boulder Child-Friendly City Map or the Boulder Teen-Friendly City Map, click on the digital map images below.

Fifth Edition Now Available!

We're thrilled to announce that 20,000 copies of the fifth edition of the child-friendly city map are now available.  Find the map at kiosks or public spaces around Boulder or in your child's "Friday Folder." 
Growing Up Boulder's Child- and Teen-Friendly City Maps educate and inspire children, families, and community organizations through the creation of maps co-created with young people and their families to highlight their favorite locations in Boulder. They promote the values of inclusion, diversity, community engagement, collaboration, and celebration.  To learn more about the map-making process, visit this page.

Find free printed maps at: locations such as Visit Boulder, the Visitors' Center on the Pearl Street Mall, Chautauqua, recreation centers, Gateway Fun Center and more.

2023 Map Sponsors

Not yet a sponsor?  For sponsorship opportunities, contact growingupboulder@gmail.com.

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About the Maps

PictureAn image of Boulder's 18"x24" printed child-friendly city map.
In 2019, Growing Up Boulder embarked upon a year-long process to co-create the nation's first, printed, bilingual, child-friendly city map.  We did so with almost 800 children and families, half of whom were from underrepresented populations.  In May 2019, GUB published the first edition of the printed, bilingual, free map.  In October 2019, we published the second edition of the printed map. ​​

In September 2019, GUB published a digital version of the child-friendly city map.  The digital child-friendly city map features even more locations than the printed map, and it offers child-friendly walking routes, biking routes, transit links, and child-created interactive map games. 

Finally, in December 2019, GUB published a digital teen-friendly city map (targeting ages 11-18); this map was created by a team of University of Colorado Masters of the Environment students as their capstone project, under GUB's supervision.  The Masters students worked with more than 400 teens to co-create the map.

Map Project Report

Child-Friendly City Map Coverage

*Growing Up Boulder (GUB) is a nonprofit program leading Boulder's child friendly city initiative. GUB is fiscally sponsored by the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC). Since 2009, GUB has worked with over 8,000 local children and youth on more than 100 projects and reached more than 2.5 million people globally.

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