The Arrowhead Lodge, at 34500 Poudre Canyon Hwy., Roosevelt National Forest, in Larimer County, Colorado, served by the post office in unincorporated Bellvue, Colorado, was a resort camp which was built in 1931. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

Arrowhead Lodge
Main lodge building in 2013
Arrowhead Lodge is located in Colorado
Arrowhead Lodge
Location34500 Poudre Canyon Hwy., Roosevelt National Forest, Larimer County, Colorado
Coordinates40°42′13″N 105°38′11″W / 40.70371°N 105.63637°W / 40.70371; -105.63637
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1931
Built byCarl Brafford, Wayne Frakes, and Brye Gladstone
Architectural styleRustic
NRHP reference No.92000502[1]
Added to NRHPMay 27, 1992

The listed area includes 27 buildings, 22 of them being contributing buildings, a contributing object (a sign), and various noncontributing structures and objects, on 3 acres (1.2 ha).[1][2]

Its main lodge is currently a United States Forest Service visitor center.[3] Other buildings include 13 historic, Rustic-style cabins.[2]

It is at elevation 7,410 feet (2,260 m), about 32 miles (51 km) up Cache la Poudre Canyon. It is reached by Colorado State Highway 14, which runs west off U.S. Highway 287, about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado.[2]

It is located in Roosevelt National Forest "in the rugged lower montane climax region typical of Colorado's Rocky Mountain eastern slope," on the north bank of the Cache la Poudre River.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Elyse Bliss; Bob Nykamp (February 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Arrowhead Lodge / SLR 1388". National Park Service. Retrieved May 30, 2021. With accompanying 19 photos from 1990
  3. ^ Google streetview
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