• 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.

Map from San Antonio to Fort Davis

Map from San Antonio to Fort Davis.
 
From San Antonio take I-10 west to Balmorhea. Then take Highway 17 south to Fort Davis. (About 7 hours)

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.