Valmont, Colorado

About Valmont

Valmont is a small unincorporated community in northern Colorado.

Valmont holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.26 square miles.

📰 Valmont News Today

• EPA proposal to weaken coal ash regulations won’t affect current Valmont Station cleanup, says CDPHE KGNU · Apr 21
• Colorado denies Xcel’s initial Boulder coal ash cleanup plan, citing health and safety risks The Boulder Reporting Lab · Sep 28
• Colorado’s Magnus’ Law signed in memory of teen cyclist killed in Boulder County Daily Camera · Jun 4
• Colorado residents urged to get packages in the mail as holiday shipping deadlines approach cbsnews.com · Dec 15
• Xcel must safely clean up 1.8 million tons of coal ash at Valmont site KGNU · Feb 3

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Valmont Unique

• The only place in America named Valmont — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.26 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Boulder (2 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Valmont

• Baby Goat — coffee shop (café)
• Ozo Coffee Roasters — coffee shop (café)
• KT's BBQ
• KT's Barbeque
• The Garden Gate Cafe

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Celestial Seasonings Tasting Room · Attraction
• Celestial Seasonings Tour · Attraction
• Sombrero Marsh Environmental Center · Museum
• Boulder Photo Gallery · Art gallery

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Valmont

• Meadow Glen Park reviews ★
• Gunbarrel Commons Park reviews ★
• Legion Park reviews ★
• Sombrero Marsh Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Valmont

🏘️ Nearby Communities