Fort Davis National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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Fort Davis: Frontier Post

Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail. more

Activities

DAILY

Self-guided tours of restored and re-furnished buildings; hiking (connecting with trails of adjacent Davis Mountain State Park); and a 15-minute video shown every half-hour.

Pets on leash are permitted.

Curriculum-based education programs are available for school groups, K-12. "For Teachers"

Post Hospital Restoration Project

Park staff, along with the Friends of Fort Davis National Historic Site and local volunteers, are currently restoring and refurnishing portions of the 1876 Post Hospital. When completed the Post Hospital at Fort Davis will be the first such 19th Century structure built as a hospital in the National Park Service to be restored. more

A History of Fort Davis

A history of Fort Davis by Robert M. Utley, former Chief Historian of the National Park Service.

Click here for handbook.

Write to

Fort Davis National Historic Site
P.O. Box 1379
Fort Davis, Texas 79734

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Phone

Visitor Information
(432) 426-3224 ext. 20

Fax

(432) 426-3122

Climate

Park altitude is 4856 feet (1480m). Yearly temperatures average 75 degrees (high) and 45 degrees (low), with 16 inches of precipitation. Wind is common throughout the year.
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