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Dumont Colorado Highway Interstate 70
Interstate 70 passing thru Dumont, Colo. Photo: Jeffrey Beall

Dumont, Colorado

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Situated at 7,933 feet, Dumont is an unincorporated community situated beside Interstate 70 and Clear Creek. There aren’t really any commercial businesses in town and most people pass by it via the highway.

There is a Dumont Post Office operating in town with a zip code of 80436. The town resides in Clear Creek County next to Clear Creek. It makes up a third of the Downieville-Lawson-Dumont census-designated place (CDP). It was named after a local mine operator, John M. Dumont.

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Dumont School – 150 County Rd. 260 Dumont, CO. Photo by: Jeffrey Beall

Main Attractions

Lawson Adventure Park & Resort – This tourist attractions boasts nearby or on-site access to a myriad of mountain activities. They guide river rafting trips down Clear Creek, zip lining tours, disc golf, hiking, playing in their Zorb, and on. If you need to glamp it up, they have yurts and cabins for nightly rentals.

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Aerial Park. Photo: lawsonadventurepark.com

Recreation

Read about the Camping near Empire, around Jones Pass.

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Activities near Dumont

Amusement Parks:

  • Lawson Adventure Park & Resort

Federal Lands:

  • Clear Creek

Scenic Drives:

  • Berthoud Pass (18mi)
  • Jones Pass (17mi)

Towns:

  • Downieville (1mi)
  • Empire (4mi)
  • Evergreen (21mi)
  • Georgetown (7mi)
  • Idaho Springs (5mi)
  • Lawson (1mi)
  • Silver Plume (79i)
  • Winter Park (29mi)

Whitewater Rafting:

  • Clear Creek Rafting

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