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Geese over Fossil Creek Reservoir southwest of Timnath, bare cottonwoods and houses along the far shore

Larimer County, Colorado

Timnath

An independent guide to Timnath, Colorado: Old Town Main Street, the reservoir and the river trail, and what it’s like to move to a farm town that grew tenfold.

Photo: KimonBerlin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Food & Drink

Food trucks at Timnath Beerwerks

Sat & Sun 12–8; Wed–Fri 4–8 · Timnath Beerwerks

Wednesday to Sunday; weekdays 4–8, weekends 12–8

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A hawk perched on a bare sapling above winter grass at Fossil Creek Reservoir, foothills behind

TrailCarpenter Road, southwest edge

Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area

1,400 acres of prairie, wetland and reservoir southwest of town between Timnath and Fort Collins, an Audubon Important Bird Area with bald eagles in winter, bird blinds and short trails. Hikers only; no dogs or bikes.

The Cache la Poudre River seen from the paved Poudre River Trail

TrailAlong the Cache la Poudre

Poudre River Trail

The 45-mile paved trail from Bellvue to Greeley runs through Timnath along the Cache la Poudre; the last gap, a bridge south of town, closed in 2026.

A pond and cottonwoods at Arapaho Bend Natural Area beside the Poudre

TrailHorsetooth Road at I-25, Fort Collins side

Arapaho Bend Natural Area

Fort Collins natural area on the Poudre just across I-25 from Timnath: four miles of trail around old gravel ponds and Rigden Reservoir, fishing, 80 bird species and the Strauss Cabin ruins.

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The Timnath Town Square pocket park in Old Town, a brick path between planters with the old school beyond

History ·

Timnath history: from Sherwood Station to the fastest-growing town in the county

An Overland Trail stage stop, a schoolhouse called Fairview, a railroad in 1882, a name from the Book of Judges, a church that is still the only one in town, and a farm town of 625 that grew tenfold in a decade. The short history of Timnath, with each claim resting on a source.

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Moving here

Thinking of making Timnath home?

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

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