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Fly fishing near Loveland, Colorado

The Big Thompson River tumbling over boulders under leafy trees in Big Thompson Canyon
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The Big Thompson River at Viestenz-Smith Park in Big Thompson Canyon. Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

5 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Loveland, Colorado, in a straight line; the nearest are Big Thompson River (2 mi), Boyd Lake (3 mi) and Cache la Poudre River (13 mi).

More about Loveland

4 fly shops are in Loveland or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Estes Park & Rocky Mountain National Park, 24 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

5 waters near Loveland

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Big Thompson RiverFreestone river · 2 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  2. Boyd LakeLake or reservoir · 3 mi · Featured sport-fishing water
  3. Cache la Poudre RiverFreestone river · 13 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  4. St. Vrain CreekFreestone river · 17 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  5. Boulder CreekFreestone river · 18 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Loveland as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Estes Park & Rocky Mountain National Park · 24 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 177720, Larimer County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.