Laporte, Colorado

About Laporte

Laporte is a small unincorporated community in northern Colorado.

Laporte holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.12 square miles.

📰 Laporte News Today

• Laporte Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 25
• Laporte, CO Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Aug 31
• Cara Bellman Obituary - Ft. Collins, CO Dignity Memorial · Mar 16
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Laporte, 80535, Colorado - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Aug 10
• Sue Ann Anderson Obituary (1956 - 2026) - Laporte, CO Denver Gazette · Aug 31

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Colorado headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Laporte Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Colorado — one of 482 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Fort Collins (7 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Laporte

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Laporte

• Carnicería Delicias — mexican
• Elevated Sandwiches — sandwich
• Howling Cow Cafe — yogurt (café)
• Me Oh My! — coffee (café)
• Music City Hot Chicken — chicken
• NoCo Hibachi & Wings — asian
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Ziggi's Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Taqueria Del Barrio — mexican
• Vern's Place — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Laporte

• Gateway Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Lions' Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bingham Hill Park reviews ★
• Butterfly Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Lory State Park reviews ★
• Magpie Meander Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• McMurry Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• North Shields Ponds Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Puente Verde Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Reservoir Ridge Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Soft Gold Park reviews ★
• Watson Lake State Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Laporte

• Cache La Poudre Elementary School
• Cache La Poudre Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Laporte

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