Bayfield is a statutory town located in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.

[7] Bayfield is part of the Durango, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[4] On January 19, 1988, Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashed in Bayfield, killing nine of the 17 people aboard.

At the 2020 United States Census, the town had a total area of 1,054 acres (4.264 km2), all of it land.

22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.