- Lamar Welcome Center
- Located in the heart of downtown Lamar in the Historic Lamar Railroad Depot, which services daily Amtrak arrivals and departures. The center provides free coffee, WiFi, book exchange and restrooms. Volunteers help with travel plans and advise of road and weather conditions. A Madonna of the Trail statue, steam locomotive and an immense windmill blade are on-site.
- Hunting
- Colorado Division of Wildlife hunting website »
HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS
- Big Timbers Museum, open seven days a week 1:30 – 4:30pm
- Kathleen Scranton, Curator
- 7515 U.S. Highway 50, Lamar, CO
- phone: (719) 336-2472
- Camp Amache
- A National Historical Landmark, Camp Amache is a WWII internment camp that imprisoned 7,500 Americans of Japanese descent.
- Highway 385, Granada | Amache Preservation Society »
- Comanche National Historic Site, Comanche National Grassland
- Picture Canyon, Crack Cave petroglyphs, equinox tours
- Springfield, CO
- phone: (719) 523-6591
- Madonna of the Trail, historic monument
- 109 East Beech Street, Lamar, CO
- Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, park open daily 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
- National Park Service, Eads, CO
- phone: (719) 438-5916
- Wiley Rock School, a National Historic Register Listing
- 603 Main Street, Wiley, CO 81092
- Available for community events, contact Carla Scranton, phone: (719) 688-3857
| LODGING | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | # | Rooms Available | |
| Motels and Hotels | 9 | 350 | |
| Bed & Breakfast | 1 | 3 | |
| RV Park | 2 | 63 | |
| CAR RENTAL | ||
|---|---|---|
| Just Ask Rentals | 224 North Main Street | (719) 336-7793 |
| Car Palace, Inc. | 902 North Main Street | (719) 336-9016 |
| Tri-County Ford | 7240 Highway 50 West | (719) 336-3268 |
| Lamar Flying Service | 3652 Road GG.2 (at airport) | (719) 336-7701 |
AIR SERVICE
- Lamar Municipal Airport, phone: (719) 336-3325
- 3 miles southwest of Lamar, Colorado
- FAA Identifier: LAA | Aeronautical Info: www.airnav.com/airport/KLAA
- Control tower: no
- Lighted Runway • Aircraft Ground Support • Flight Instruction • Charter Service •
Rental Planes • Private aircraft storage and maintenance available -
- Fixed Base Operator: Lamar Flying Service
- phone: (719) 336-7701, email: lfs@cminet.net
- UNICOM 122.80
- Holly Airport, phone: (719) 336-3995
- 1 mile south of Holly, Colorado
- FAA Identifier: K08 | Aeronautical Info: www.airnav.com/airport/K08