• Photo by: Max Kandler

    Fort Davis

    National Historic Site Texas

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  • Museum Closure

    Our park museum will be closed April 15, 2013 till 2014. This will also affect our park orientation film screening; it will be limited to 8-10 visitors at a time. The rest of the park is open for visitation. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Operating Hours & Seasons

Reenactors in the enlisted men's barracks.

NPS Photo by Max Kandler

Open: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time



Holiday Closures: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.



2013 Free entrance to Fort Davis NHS (and all units of the National Park Service):
Make plans now to visit the national parks on these 2013 fee-free dates:


  • January 21
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • April 22-26
    National Park Week
  • August 25
    National Park Service Birthday
  • September 28
    National Public Lands Day
  • November 9-11
    Veterans Day weekend



Did You Know?

Cannon firing Fort Davis NHS.

Fort Davis was one of the largest military posts in Texas. In the spring of 1884, over 600 soldiers (5% or 1/20th of the U.S. Army) was assigned to the fort.