Winsor Castle's courtyard is framed by the two main buildings and gated walls at each end, and is ringed by a wide veranda (porch) on two sides, joined by a narrow catwalk at the west end of the fort. There is no corresponding catwalk across the east gate, but stairs offer access to the south porch.

The veranda offered multiple benefits to the ranch families and visitors: shade on hot days, and access to gunports and shooting positions over the walls. It was also a useful place for large objects such as a loom, used by several of the ranch managers' wives to weave rugs and other household items.

The 10-ft.x12-foot, outward swinging gates at each end of the courtyard could be opened wide to allow entry of the wagons in which the ranchers would haul the cheese and butter produced at the fort to St. George, Utah, some 55 miles away -- a four-day trip by wagon.

In case of attack, the gates could be quickly swung closed and secured with heavy iron bars and locks.

Today, the courtyard includes a living history table, full of toys and items the pioneers used in their daily lives. Visitors to the fort are encouraged to touch and play with these items...called it the "touch-table."