Begin your visit at the visitor center and museum and see the 15-minute video on the history of the fort.
Take a self-quided tour of the five buildings that are restored and refurnished to the 1880s or explore the other 100 ruins and foundations. Interpreters dressed in period clothing are stationed at some of these buildings during the summer months and spring-break (mid-March).
Photo by Max Kandler
Follow the daily routine of a soldier as you listen to the bugle calls or journey back into time as the sound presentation of an 1875 dress retreat parade plays throughout the fort at scheduled times.
Photo by Mark Texel Assaca Press, copyright 2000
Take a hike. Trails lead to a spectacular overlook of the fort and connect with trails of Davis Mountains State Park. Ask for a trail map in the Visitor Center.
Complete a Junior Ranger program. There is one available for all age groups. Plan to stay 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Curriculum-based education programs are also available for school groups, grades K-12. See FOR TEACHERS or call the park for details (432) 426-3224 ext. 24.
Did You Know?
To Apaches and Comanches, the stagecoaches on the San Antonio-El Paso Road were inviting prey. They carried fewer defenders than most freight trains and made their way across Texas with predictable regularity.