Hi all,

Preface: sorry if this has been covered to no end. I just joined the site and I couldn't seem to get the search function to work...

Just wondering about some good places to shoot outdoors near Boulder/ Nederland/ Longmont. I moved here from Georgia a few months ago and haven't been shooting since I got here.  It's time.  I know technically you can shoot anywhere on public land, as long as you're far from anything and not an idiot, but I've been wary of going out to find a spot on my own, since I'm not familiar with the area. Also apparently Boulder decided to close some areas after the floods and its a little confusing...
Any tips are appreciated! And I'm always interested in meeting more Colorado friends, especially ones with shared interests.

Thanks!

IM inbound, welcome to the site.

Anywhere in the national forest is good.  When I was in school there I would go shooting up Left Hand Canyon past where they had the shooting closures (its open to shoot past Jamestown as far as I know).

Just NW of the town in between the mountain ridges off Rd 87 Google Jamestown CO.  Several pulloffs where you will see people have been shooting.

ETA- as to the flooding closures, I cant speak.  I havent been shooting there in about 3 years.