Emergency vet access in Colorado

Of 923 listed veterinary practices in Colorado,27 post verified around-the-clock hours across 19 cities, and 6 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 4 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 43 practices treat farm animals or horses.

Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.

Every verified 24/7 hospital in Colorado

Hospital	City	Phone	Exotics
Aurora Veterinary Emergency Center	Aurora	(303) 699-1665
Valley Emergency Pet Care	Basalt	(970) 927-5066
Colorado Animal Specialty & Emergency	Boulder	(303) 545-2273
VCA All Pets Animal Hospital	Boulder	(303) 499-5335
Alpenglow Veterinary Specialty + Emergency Center	Boulder	(303) 443-4569
Veterinary Specialists of the Rockies	Castle Rock	(303) 660-1027
Powers Pet Emergency and Spcialty	Cimarron Hills	(719) 473-0482
Animal Emergency Care Center	Colorado Springs	(719) 578-9300
North Springs Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Center	Colorado Springs	(719) 920-4430
Veterinary Emergency Group	Denver	(720) 739-6003
Alameda East Veterinary Hospital	Denver	(303) 366-2639
Veterinary Emergency Group	Edgewater	(720) 996-1200
Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency and Rehabilitation Hospital	Fort Collins	(970) 230-7317
Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency Hospital	Fort Collins	(970) 484-8080
Deer Creek Animal Hospital	Ken Caryl	(303) 973-4200
BluePearl	Lafayette	(720) 669-7766	✓ verified
Animal Critical Care & Emergency Services	Lakewood	(303) 239-1200
Evolution Veterinary Specialists	Lakewood	(720) 510-7707	✓ verified
Animal ER	Littleton	(720) 283-9348
Animal Whispering	Longmont	(303) 682-0500
Animal Emergency & Critical Care	Longmont	(303) 678-8844
Animal Emergency Services of Northern Colorado	Loveland	(970) 663-5760
Animal Emergency & Specialty Center	Parker	(720) 842-5050
Urgent Vet	Parker	(720) 835-1500
Emergency Animal Hospital of Pueblo	Pueblo	(719) 229-7030
Community Pet Hospital & Emergency Service	Thornton	(303) 451-1333
Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital	Wheat Ridge	(303) 424-3325

Towns farthest from overnight care

Among Colorado towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:

Cortez — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valley Emergency Pet Care in Basalt, 160 mi straight-line (roughly a 3 hr 12 min drive)
Durango — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valley Emergency Pet Care in Basalt, 153 mi straight-line (roughly a 3 hr 4 min drive)
Pagosa Springs — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valley Emergency Pet Care in Basalt, 147 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 56 min drive)
Lamar — nearest 24/7 hospital is Emergency Animal Hospital of Pueblo in Pueblo, 115 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 18 min drive)
Sterling — nearest 24/7 hospital is Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency and Rehabilitation Hospital in Fort Collins, 97 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 57 min drive)
Fruita — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valley Emergency Pet Care in Basalt, 92 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 50 min drive)
Grand Junction — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valley Emergency Pet Care in Basalt, 84 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 41 min drive)
Steamboat Springs — nearest 24/7 hospital is Valley Emergency Pet Care in Basalt, 75 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 31 min drive)

Methodology & honest limits

"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.

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