Front Range
Lagerman Reservoir keeps a rural edge near Longmont
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Lagerman Agricultural Preserve gives Boulder County a calmer, rural kind of open space.
Lagerman welcomes birders, boaters, picnickers, bikers, runners, and dog walkers. The reservoir area includes a picnic site, wetlands, trails, and a seasonal osprey nest.
That mix is very different from a steep foothills park. Lagerman sits in the county’s farm-and-water landscape near Longmont, where the view is wider and the pace is slower. It shows how open space can protect a rural edge while still giving people a place to walk, watch birds, and be near water.
For a Boulder County page, Lagerman helps balance the mountain story. The county’s identity also lives in reservoirs, fields, sky, and working-land buffers.
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