Community Description Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree are two of South Metro Denver’s newest communities. Located just west of I-25 and south of C-470, they are an excellent place to live because of their proximity to south Denver’s business parks, diversified residential areas and some of the metro area’s finest shopping malls. Life Style Lone Tree is home to Heritage Estates, a private gated community, and the Lone Tree Country Club which features an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course with executive suites and pedestrian trails with tall-treed parkways. Employment Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree is adjacent to the newly developed Meridian and Inverness Business Parks and the Denver Tech Center. It is only a short drive to Centennial Airport which handles private aircraft. Shopping Park Meadows, Colorado’s only "retail resort," near Lone Tree is a new state of the art shopping complex with high-end retail stores including Nordstroms, Dillards, Foleys and Joslins along with a large variety of specialty stores, theaters, arcades and restaurants. Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree are also only twenty minutes from Castle Rock's Prime Factory Outlets. Education Highlands Ranch High School provides quality education to residents of both Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree  as part of the prestigious Douglas County School District.