Watson Lake
Watson Lake is a lake in Larimer, Colorado and has an elevation of 5,115 feet. Watson Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Bellvue, as well as near the village Laporte.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Goat Hill and LaPorte Church of Christ.
Goat Hill
Peak
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Goat Hill—also called Bellvue Dome—is an anticline in Larimer County, Colorado near Bellvue. The dome has a gradual slope on its east side, but its west side is an almost-vertical cliff that hangs over the Cache la Poudre River that passes directly below.
LaPorte Church of Christ
Church
LaPorte Church of Christ is an independent church in Laporte, Colorado, led by Peter J. Peters from 1977 until his death. LaPorte Church of Christ is situated 2 miles southeast of Watson Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellvue and Laporte.
Bellvue
Hamlet
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Bellvue is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Larimer County, Colorado. It is a small agricultural community located in Pleasant Valley, a narrow valley just northwest of Fort Collins near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon between the Dakota Hogback ridge and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Laporte
Village
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laporte is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Laporte is situated 2 miles east of Watson Lake.
Fort Collins
Photo: KimonBerlin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Collins is a city of about 170,000 in north central region of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The seat of Larimer County, the city lies 59 miles north of Denver on the Cache La Poudre River at the eastern edge of the Front Range foothills.
Watson Lake
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Larimer, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.63716° or 40° 38′ 14″ northLongitude
-105.17082° or 105° 10′ 15″ westElevation
5,115 feet (1,559 metres)Open location code
85GPJRPH+VMGeoNames ID
5583217
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