Main city: Hayden
Timezone: Mountain
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Qwest Corporation

Hayden, a Home Rule Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,634 at the 2000 census. The town sits along U.S. Highway 40 in the Yampa River Valley between Craig and Steamboat Springs. Hayden is located near the Yampa Valley Regional Airport, which has seasonal passenger jet airline service during the winter ski season nonstop to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul and New York Newark, with year-round passenger air service to Denver. The airport's close proximity to Hayden is reflected by its three letter identifying code: HDN. Hayden is one of the smallest communities in the U.S. to have mainline passenger jet service provided by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines on a scheduled basis, if only during the winter months when the ski season is underway in nearby Steamboat Springs. ^source

Area code 970 is an area code serving the state of Colorado. It covers Aspen, Vail, Durango, Grand Junction, Fort Collins, Estes Park and most of the western and northern parts of Colorado. It split from area code 303 on April 2, 1995. ^source