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Carter Lake on a June afternoon, with the hogback foothills across the water west of Berthoud

Larimer County, Colorado

Berthoud

An independent guide to Berthoud, Colorado: the Garden Spot, its Main Street, the lakes, and what it’s like to move here.

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This week in Berthoud

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Eat, drink, wander

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Carter Lake from its wooded eastern shore, with the hogback ridges across the water

TrailCounty Road 31, northwest of town

Carter Lake

The 1,100-acre Larimer County reservoir ten minutes northwest of town: boating, sailing, a swim beach, camping, fishing and shoreline trails. Entrance permit required.

The stone Bimson Blacksmith Shop at the Pioneer Museum, with a windmill behind it

VenueEast Mountain Avenue

Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum

The Berthoud Historical Society's museum on Mountain Avenue, in and around the 1893 Bimson Blacksmith Shop: farm, railroad and family history. Wed–Sat 1–4, $5.

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The Berthoud town-limits sign on the road in from the east, with the plains behind it

History ·

Berthoud history: a railroad stop that moved up the hill

A homestead where the railroad would cross the Little Thompson, a town dragged a mile uphill on wheels, sugar beets, a highway that left, and a farm town that doubled. The short history of Berthoud, with each claim resting on a source.

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Moving here

Thinking of making Berthoud home?

Schools, commutes, what the housing market looks like, and what nobody tells you until you live here.

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