Final section of Poudre River Trail is complete, connecting 45 miles of uninterrupted multi-use trail

Denver7 · Jun 04, 2026 · 283 words · By Stephanie Butzer

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— The final connecting section of the Poudre River Trail is now complete, opening 45 miles of uninterrupted trail between Bellvue and Greeley.

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What happened

— The final connecting section of the Poudre River Trail is now complete, opening 45 miles of uninterrupted trail between Bellvue and Greeley.

Why it matters

That newest portion of the trail, between south Timnath and north Windsor, was the final puzzle piece linking the whole trail together.

Common ground

The segment included one mile of trail construction, plus a bridge over a canal.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.denver7.com/news/recreation/final-section-of-poudre-river-trail-is-c…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It runs on both the east and west side of Interstate 25.”

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Web search results mention work on concrete 'either side of the I-25 underpass', confirming the trail's presence on both sides of the interstate.

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web search NEUTRAL — The trail is located about 50 miles North of Denver and 2.5 miles East of Interstate 25 just South and roughly parallel with Colorado Highway 392.
https://poudretrail.org/maps/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 24, 2026 ... Work has actually started on the concrete either side of the I-25 underpass on the Poudre Trail. ... east and west sides of Trail Ridge Road.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1450387058594463/posts/40037…

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web search NEUTRAL — The City of Fort Collins closed its final two gaps at the end of 2024, making it possible for users to travel continuously from Bellvue to Timnath. Now there is ...
https://www.larimer.gov/naturalresources/parks/regional-pave…

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Claim 2: “The completed multi-use trail is the result of five decades of planning and partnership”

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Larimer County and other news sources explicitly state the project took 'five decades' or 'more than 50 years' of planning and partnership.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cache la Poudre River ( KASH lə POO-dər), also known as the Poudre River, is a river in the state of Colorado in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_la_Poudre_River

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Camp Collins (also known as the Fort Collins Military Reservation) was a 19th-century outpost of the United States Army in the Colorado Territory. The fort was commissioned in the summer of 1862 to pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Collins

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cherokee Trail was a historic overland trail through the present-day U.S. states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming that was used from the late 1840s up through the early 1890s. The route …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Trail

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Claim 3: “It connects Bellvue, Fort Collins, Timnath, Windsor and Greeley.”

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Denver7, Larimer County, and other web results confirm the trail connects Bellvue, Fort Collins, Timnath, Windsor, and Greeley.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fort Collins is a home rule city in Larimer County, Colorado, United States, and serves as the county seat and most populous municipality of the county. It is the fourth-most populous city in Colorado…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Poudre Canyon is a narrow verdant canyon, approximately 40 miles (64 km) long, on the upper Cache la Poudre River (called the "Poudre" for short, which locals pronounce as "Pooder") in Larimer Cou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poudre_Canyon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cache La Poudre River Corridor National Heritage Area extends along the flood plain of the Cache La Poudre River in Colorado, US. It is a federally designated National Heritage Area, extending for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_la_Poudre_River_Corridor…

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Claim 4: “That newest portion of the trail, between south Timnath and north Windsor, was the final puzzle piece linking the whole trail together.”

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Larimer County and other web search results confirm that the final segment being constructed was located between south Timnath and north Windsor.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Estes Park () is a statutory town in southwestern Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States census. Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estes_Park,_Colorado

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Town of Timnath is a statutory town located in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1882, Timnath is a small agriculture community located southeast of Fort Collins, Colorado, appro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnath,_Colorado

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Claim 5: “The final connecting section of the Poudre River Trail is now complete, opening 45 miles of uninterrupted trail between Bellvue and Greeley.”

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Multiple independent sources, including Denver7, Larimer County, and 'Your Group Ride', confirm the completion of the 45-mile uninterrupted trail between Bellvue and Greeley.

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Claim 6: “The public is welcome to a community celebration at Timnath Community Park on June 13 at 9 a.m.”

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Denver7 and a web search result regarding the ribbon cutting both confirm the celebration is scheduled for June 13th at Timnath Community Park.

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web search NEUTRAL — Homepage for San Diego Community College District, the one of the largest of California’s 72 community college districts and serves approximately 100,000 students annually at its three, credit college…
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web search NEUTRAL — A community is a social unit (a group of people) with one or more shared socially-significant characteristics, being place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities m…
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web search NEUTRAL — The following is a list of neighborhoods and communities located in the city of San Diego. The City of San Diego Planning Department officially lists 52 Community Planning Areas within the city, [1] m…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communities_and_neig…

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Claim 7: “The segment included one mile of trail construction, plus a bridge over a canal.”

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Denver7 and Larimer County both specify that the final segment involved one mile of construction, and a Facebook post specifically mentions the bridge over the Greeley #2 Canal.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La Poudre Pass (elevation 10,184 ft (3,104 m)), a high mountain pass, is located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles the Continental Divide, and separ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Poudre_Pass

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La Poudre Pass Lake (3,101 m (10,174 ft)) is a small lake located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The lake is located within Rocky Mountain National Park, generally i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Poudre_Pass_Lake

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