Last updated: August 7, 2025
Thing to Do
Western National Parks Store at Bent's Old Fort
Photo by Karla Linenberger
The park store is operated by Western National Parks (WNP), an official non-profit partner of the National Park Service dedicated to supporting the educational mission of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. The park store has a wide range of books, maps, travel guides, media, educational games, posters, and other items available for retail sale. These products complement the interpretive themes you experience when visiting the park. The park store is located at the front of the reconstructed fort, or you can visit the online park store. You can contact the store directly at 719-384-2800.
The Trade Goods and Park Store at Bent's Old Fort offers many of the same trade goods that were exchanged for bison robes and other peltries at the fort in 1846. A visit to the store links you to the past when Bent's Fort was part of a thriving commercial trading empire. You can purchase replicas of the same goods offered by the Bent brothers and carried along the Santa Fe Trail.
In addition to trade goods, books relating to the Fort, Native Americans, the Sand Creek Massacre, Westward Expansion, historical cooking, and the Santa Fe Trail are available for every age and level of study.
Your purchases directly support educational and scientific research programs at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.
Details
Activity
Bookstore and Park Store
Activity Fee
No
Entrance fees may apply, see Fees & Passes information.
Location
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Reservations
No
Season
Year Round
Time of Day
Day
Accessibility Information
Parking and Wheelchair Use
Accessibility parking is available at the visitor parking lot. There is a paved pathway, 1,275 feet in length, from the parking lot to the fort that is hard-surfaced and wheelchair accessible.
Fort Accessibility
Most of the first floor of the fort is wheelchair accessible.
Service Animals
Service animals are allowed anywhere in the park when kept 25 yards or more away from fort livestock.
Accessibility parking is available at the visitor parking lot. There is a paved pathway, 1,275 feet in length, from the parking lot to the fort that is hard-surfaced and wheelchair accessible.
Fort Accessibility
Most of the first floor of the fort is wheelchair accessible.
Service Animals
Service animals are allowed anywhere in the park when kept 25 yards or more away from fort livestock.