Fort Davis National Historic Site

Soldiers from Fort Davis, a key post in West Texas, helped open the area to settlement and protected travelers and merchants along the San Antonio-El Paso Road from 1854 to 1891.
Today the fort is regarded as the best preserved in the Southwest. The site, which contains 474 acres, was authorized on September 8, 1961 and established on July 4, 1963.

P.O. Box 1379
Lieutenant Henry Flipper Drive
Fort Davis, TX 79734
(915) 426-3224 x20 - Visitor Information
(915) 426-3224 x26 - Visitor Center Desk

By Plane
Airport facilities for private airplanes are available at Marfa (20 miles) and Alpine (25 miles). Commercial air service at Midland-Odessa (160 miles) and El Paso (200 miles).

By Car
The site can be reached from I-10 or US 90.

By Plane
No public transportation available.

Park altitude is approximately 5,000 feet. Temperatures are relatively mild, with extremes of 95+ degrees in the summer and the teens in the winter. Wind is common throughout the year.

Here are some of the activities that are offered at Mount Rainier National Park.

• Educational Programs
• Hiking
• Nature Walks

Recommended Activities
Self-guided tours of buildings and ruins; hiking on designated nature trails (connecting with trails of adjacent Davis Mountains State Park); and picnicking at cottonwoods picnic area.

Bugle calls and a sound representation of an 1875 dress retreat parade can be heard over the parade ground at scheduled times. Five restored and refurnished (1880s) structures are open
on a self-guided basis. Interpreters dressed in period clothing are stationed at some of these structures during the summer months.

Curriculum-based education programs are available for school groups, grades K-12. Call the park for details.

Plan to stay at least two to three hours.