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Shores at the Highlands Homes for Sale, Breckenridge

Shores at the Highlands is a small, finished community of fewer than 60 homes on the Blue River, across the road from the Breckenridge Golf Club. It is a high-end development, but these are developer-built homes from a set of plans, not custom homes: three and four bedroom paired and single-family homes, built from 2008 to 2019, close to the same size, on small lots along the water. If you want a newer home in the Highlands area without taking on a big house and a big lot, this is one of the first places I look.

Where it sits in the Highlands

The Highlands at Breckenridge is not one neighborhood but a collection of them, built around the Breckenridge Golf Club. Shores at the Highlands is one of the smallest and most uniform, down on the river at the north end of the Highlands area, next to Highlands Riverfront and Highland Greens. Shores Lane and Red Quill Lane are its only streets, and the open ground along the river gives it more breathing room than the lot lines suggest.

The developers sold it as The Shores at Breckenridge, and you will still see that name on older marketing and on some listing sites. The MLS calls it Shores at the Highlands. Same place, so search both names when you are reading about it.

What you can buy here

This is one of the most consistent communities in Breckenridge, because one development team built it from a set of plans rather than lot by lot for individual owners. That is the main thing to understand here: you are paying for the river setting and a well-finished newer home, not one-of-a-kind design. The homes went up in phases from 2008 to 2019, most of them from 2015 on. The paired homes came first, and detached single-family homes were added in the later phases on both streets. Nearly every home has three bedrooms and about four baths, a two-car garage, radiant heat and a similar footprint. The builders marketed open plans with vaulted ceilings, stone, oak floors and granite, so the finish level started out fairly even from home to home.

That sameness is useful. Two homes in Shores at the Highlands usually differ in a few specific ways: whether it is a paired home or a detached one, whether it backs onto the river or faces the street, which phase it came from, and how it has been kept up and updated since. Those four things explain most of the difference between two listings here, more than the floor plan does.

The tradeoff is space and variety. Lots are small, most around an eighth of an acre, and if you want five bedrooms, a big yard or a home designed around your own plans, this is not the place for it. The custom filings in the Highlands, or Highlands Riverfront, are better matches for that.

Owning on the river

The river is the reason to be here. A share of the homes back directly onto the Blue River, and many of the rest have river and mountain views across the open space. The golf course is across the road in summer. Many listings here also note a bus route nearby, which matters for skiing and getting into town without the car.

Being close to the river cuts both ways. Check where the home sits relative to the river and any mapped floodplain, ask what the insurance quote looks like before you are under contract, and read the HOA documents for what the association maintains and what it does not. A paired home also shares a wall and often a roof with its neighbor, so the HOA documents and the party wall terms deserve a careful read.

A note on the market

With fewer than 60 homes, Shores at the Highlands can go long stretches with nothing for sale. Because the homes are so alike, recent sales here are a good guide to value, as long as you adjust for river frontage, paired versus detached, and condition. For current numbers, use the Breckenridge Market Report rather than anything frozen onto this page. HOA dues vary by home, so get the current figure for the one you are considering and see the Summit County HOA fees guide for how dues work here.

Shores at the Highlands FAQs

Where is Shores at the Highlands in Breckenridge?

Shores at the Highlands sits on the Blue River north of downtown Breckenridge, across the road from the Breckenridge Golf Club. Its streets are Shores Lane and Red Quill Lane, and its neighbors are Highlands Riverfront and Highland Greens.

Is Shores at the Highlands the same as The Shores at Breckenridge?

Yes. The developers marketed the community as The Shores at Breckenridge. The MLS lists it as Shores at the Highlands, so that is the name to search when you look for homes there.

What kind of homes are in Shores at the Highlands?

Fewer than 60 homes, a mix of paired homes (duplexes) and detached single-family homes. Nearly all have three bedrooms, a few have four, and most run about 2,300 to 2,800 square feet with a two-car garage.

When were the homes in Shores at the Highlands built?

Between 2008 and 2019, most of them from 2015 on. They are developer-built homes from a set of plans, not custom homes, which is why they are so similar to each other.

Are the homes in Shores at the Highlands on the river?

Some are. A share of the homes back directly onto the Blue River, and many others have river and mountain views. Which side of the street a home sits on matters, so check the plat and the view from the home itself.

Is Shores at the Highlands part of the Highlands at Breckenridge HOA?

Shores at the Highlands has its own homeowners association. Whether any wider Highlands covenants also apply is a question for the title work and the HOA documents on the specific home.

Can I rent a home in Shores at the Highlands on Airbnb or VRBO?

It depends on the short-term rental rules for the address and on the HOA documents. Check the Breckenridge short-term rental rules and the HOA's rental policy before you count on vacation rental income.

Does a short-term rental license transfer when I buy a home there?

No. Short-term rental licenses do not transfer with a sale anywhere in Summit County. A new owner applies for a license of their own under the rules in place at the time.

How is Shores at the Highlands different from Highlands Riverfront?

Both sit along the Blue River at the north end of the Highlands area. Shores at the Highlands is a uniform, built-out community of three and four bedroom homes on small lots. Highlands Riverfront is newer single-family construction with a much wider range of home sizes.

Nearby neighborhoods to compare

• Highlands Riverfront: newer single-family homes on the same stretch of the river, with a much wider range of sizes.
• Highland Greens: townhomes across from the golf club, next door along the same road.
• Highlands at Breckenridge: the full guide to the Highlands filings.

Shores at the Highlands has both property types, so it also appears in the broader searches for Breckenridge single-family homes and Breckenridge townhomes and duplexes, and in the Breckenridge real estate guide.

Thinking about Shores at the Highlands?

Whether you are buying or selling here, I will give you a straight read on the home, the river side of the street and the HOA documents, including when a particular home is not the right one.

General information about the Shores at the Highlands neighborhood, not a substitute for reviewing a specific property, its HOA documents and the current short-term rental rules. Details vary by home and change over time.