[Bridge over Eagle River in Wolcott. Photo: Jeffrey Beall] Wolcott is a small little community just off I-70 in Eagle County. It’s a census-designated place (CDP) with its own U.S. Post Office opened in 1889; zip code 81655.
The population was only 15 in 2010. A U.S. Senator from Colorado, Edward O. Wolcott is who the town is named for. The Eagle River runs past the town. It lies at the junction of Interstate 70 and Highway 131, which runs 72 miles north to Steamboat Springs.
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Driving east on Interstate 70 near Wolcott. Photo: Kent Kanouse
Countryside near Wolcott. Photo: Mark Plummer
Things To Do near Wolcott, CO
Towns:
- Avon (11mi)
- Beaver Creek (13mi)
- Bond (16mi)
- Dotsero (23mi)
- Eagle (9mi)
- Eagle-Vail (13mi)
- Gypsum (17mi)
- Glenwood Springs (41mi)
- Minturn (17mi)
- McCoy (20mi)
- Oak Creek (51mi)
- Phippsburg (48mi)
- Red Cliff (26mi)
- Steamboat Springs (72mi)
- Toponas (33mi)
- Vail (20mi)
- Yampa (42mi)
Transportation:
- Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) (14mi)
- Eco Transit
