Rustic is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Larimer County Larimer County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 359,066. The county seat and most populous city is Fort Collins, Colorado, Fort Colli ...

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, United States. Rustic is located on State Highway 14 and the

Cache La Poudre River The Cache la Poudre River ( ), also known as the Poudre River, is a river in the state of Colorado in the United States. Name The name, , is a corruption of the original , or " cache of powder". It refers to an incident in the 1820s when F ...

west-northwest of

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. The community borders Glen Echo to the west. In 1881, S.B. Stewart built the Rustic Hotel at this location. It soon became a popular summer tourist resort. The town of Rustic was established in 1882. File:Rustic Hotel.jpg, Rustic Hotel, c. 1910

Climate

According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

system, Rustic has an

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of co ...

, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Rustic was on July 22, 2005 and June 17, 2021, while the coldest temperature recorded was on March 4, 2019.

References

External links

Colorado Tourism Office page on Rustic
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