• large wooden spikes jut out from a large wooden angular wall lit by sunlight. verdant grass surrounds it.

    Fort Stanwix

    National Monument New York

Nearby Attractions

Federal Sites Within a 2.5 hour Distance

Saratoga National Historical Park
118 mi. (about 2hr 26min)
Stillwater, NY 12170-1604
ph# 518-664-9821 ext.224

Women's Rights National Historical Park
85 mi. (about 1hr 36min)
Seneca Falls, NY 13148
ph# 315-568-2991 ext.10

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
129 mi. (about 2hr 15min)
Kinderhook, NY 12106
ph# 518-758-9689

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
83.9 mi. (about 1 hr 35min)
Seneca Falls, NY 13148
ph# 315-568-5987

North Country National Scenic Trail
0 mi. (Trail passes through Fort Stanwix)
Madison, Wisconsin 53711
ph# 608-441-5610

Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor
0 mi. (Corridor passes through Fort Stanwix)
Waterford, NY 12188
ph# 518-327-7000

 

Local Sites By Distance
Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldiers
0.1 mi. 315-336-5870

Rome Historical Society
0.1 mi. 315-336-5870

Erie Canal Village
3 mi. 315-337-3999

Fort Rickey Game Farm
4 mi. 315-336-1930

Rome Sand Plains
4 mi. 315-866-6330

Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site
6 mi. 315-768-7224
315-336-4094

Delta Lake State Park
6 mi. 315-337-467

Steuben Memorial Park
19 mi. 315-831-3737
315-336-4084

Oneida Indian Nation Shako:wi Cultural Center
20 mi. 315-363-1424

Verona Beach State Park
20 mi. 315-762-4463


Information Resources

Heritage Travel Itineraries of the National Register of Historic Places

Rome Chamber of Commerce

Oneida Indian Nation

Oneida County

Oneida County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Mohawk Valley State Heritage Corridor

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
 
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Did You Know?

A brown grey map, a dotted red line curves and connects two solid blue ones. A black star sits at the center.

In the 18th century it was possible to travel to the interior of North America almost entirely by water. Fort Stanwix was built to protect the largest break in this chain, the Oneida Carrying Place. This was a 1-6 mile long portage area situated between the Mohawk River and Wood Creek in New York. More...