Dawson Butte, elevation , is a flat-topped mountain in
Douglas County, Colorado
Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 357,978. The county seat is Castle Rock.
Douglas County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado, metropolitan statistica ...
. Adjacent to the mountain is the Dawson Butte Open Space, owned by Douglas County
[Keene Ranch]
Dawson Butte Open Space
Retrieved: 2017-02-09. and managed by the County's Division of Open Space and Natural Resources.
The mountain and open space are located about five miles south of
Castle Rock.
The publicly accessible portion of the open space covers 828 acres. A five-mile-long trail loops around the open space property. The trail is open to hikers, horseback riders, snowshoers, and mountain bikers. Dogs are allowed provided they are leashed. An old
bridle path remains on the property, and some of the jumps are still set up.
There is no public access to the top of the butte.
Name
Dawson Arkose, a geological formation, takes its name from the Butte, which itself was named after an early Plum Creek area settler, Thomas Dawson.
See also
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List of Colorado mountain summits
References
External links
Official website
Buttes of Colorado
Mountains of Douglas County, Colorado
North American 2000 m summits
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