Fort Davis National Historic Site
Address:PO Box 1379
Fort Davis, TX 79734
Phone:432-426-3224
Fax:432-426-3122
Web: www.nps.gov/foda/
Size: 474 acres.
Established: Authorized on September 8, 1961; established on July 4, 1963.
Location:On the northern edge of the town of Fort Davis, Texas. From I-10 on the north or US 90 on the south, the site can be reached via TX 17 and 118.
Facilities:Picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit,
self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required. Park trails connect with
Davis Mountains State Park.
Activities:Hiking, interpretive programs.
Special Features:A key post in west Texas from 1854-1891, Fort Davis was strategically
located to guard emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the
Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the
Chihuahua Trail. Today the fort is regarded as the best preserved
Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest.
See other parks in
Texas.