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The Northern Hotel on College Avenue in Old Town Fort Collins, its vertical neon sign and white art-deco front beside a brick storefront under a deep blue sky

Larimer County, Colorado

Fort Collins

An independent guide to Fort Collins, Colorado: Old Town, the Poudre, Horsetooth, the breweries, and what it’s like to live in the city the northern Front Range looks to.

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This week in Fort Collins

What’s on

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Festival

Tour de Corgi

9 am registration, 10 am costume contest, noon parade; ends 2 pm · Civic Center Park · Wristband required for adults in the parade or costume contest

Festival

FoCo Fall Fest

Daily hours not yet published · Old Town Square

Family

Pumpkins on Parade

5–9 pm nightly, October 22–25; gates close at 8 · The Gardens on Spring Creek · $15 adults, $10 ages 5–17, 4 and under free; members $12 and $8

Sports

Fort Collins Thanksgiving Day Run

Kids' run about 8:45 am; 4-mile about 9 am · Old Town Fort Collins · $34.50 youth, $50.78 adult at registration, fees included

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Where to go

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Horsetooth Reservoir from the ridge above it, the long lake between hogbacks with Fort Collins spread across the plains beyond

ParkThe foothills

Horsetooth Reservoir

The six-and-a-half-mile lake in the hogbacks west of town, run by Larimer County: boating, fishing, two swim beaches, more than 150 campsites and a $10 daily vehicle permit.

The brick corner building of Old Town Square in Fort Collins, its star-topped gable and bay windows above a shopfront, planters in bloom below

VenueOld Town

Old Town Square

The pedestrian plaza at the heart of Old Town, built in 1984 and rebuilt in 2015 by the Downtown Development Authority: a performance stage, a splash pad, a communal fireplace, patios on every side and the city's festivals, from FoCo Fall Fest to the Chili Cook Off.

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Families ·

Fort Collins with kids: the museum, the farm, the pool, the trails and Horsetooth

Where to take children in Fort Collins: the Museum of Discovery and its dome, the Gardens on Spring Creek, the farm at Lee Martinez Park, City Park and its pool, the Spring Creek and Poudre trails, storytimes at three libraries, and the swim beaches and trails at Horsetooth, with hours and prices from each operator.

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