Barr Lake
Barr Lake is a reservoir in Adams, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,098 feet. Barr Lake is situated nearby to the locality Commerce City.Photo: Louis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Barr Lake Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barr Lake State Park.
Barr Lake State Park
Protected area
Photo: Louis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barr Lake State Park is a Colorado state park established in 1977 in Adams County near Brighton, Colorado, USA. The 2,715-acre park has 12 miles of trails, including an 8.8-mile trail that circles Barr Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brighton and Lochbuie.
Brighton
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
Brighton is a city of about 42,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The seat of Adams County and also extending into adjacent Weld County, the city lies northeast of Denver along the South Platte River.
Lochbuie
Town
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
The Town of Lochbuie is a statutory town located in Weld and Adams counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town population was 8,088 at the 2020 United States census. Lochbuie is situated 5 miles northeast of Barr Lake.
Henderson
Hamlet
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
Henderson, formerly known as Henderson Island, is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Henderson has the ZIP Code 80640. Henderson is situated 6 miles west of Barr Lake.
Barr Lake
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.94398° or 39° 56′ 38″ northLongitude
-104.76364° or 104° 45′ 49″ westElevation
5,098 feet (1,554 metres)Open location code
85FQW6VP+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 46981217OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5412778Wikidata ID
Q808761
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Barr Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barr Lake”
- French: “Barr Lake”
- German: “Barr Lake State Park”
- German: “Barr Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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