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National Historic Site · Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Best primary window for Fort Bowie: February, with March and April as strong shoulder months.

For nearly 25 years, Fort Bowie stood at the crossroads of the Chiricahua Apache's fight to defend their ancestral homeland and the U.S. Army's westward expansion. Today, visitors embark on a 3-mile scenic loop trail traversing the ground where this profound cultural collision forever altered the course of both American and Indigenous history.

This page identifies Fort Bowie National Historic Site from the checked-in NPS snapshot and the dated source cards on the page.

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Targeted Impressions Data TeamData Science & Intelligence
materializedData snapshot: October 27, 20264 source cards

Answer Brief

Answer-first planning signal

Best current use
Fort Bowie National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.
Current signal
Fort Bowie National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in AZ in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.
Visitor takeaway
Hours, access, and visitor guidance for Fort Bowie National Historic Site are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm.
What it sounds like
Fort Bowie audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

Fort Bowie National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation
National Historic Site
Data snapshot
October 27, 2026
4 source cards
Official NPS
FOBO
Region
desert southwest
Core Experiences
burial-cemetery-and-gravesitefortsmilitaryus-armynative-american-heritageHikingFront-Country HikingHorse TrekkingHorseback RidingJunior Ranger Program

Month-by-month

Fort Bowie National Historic Site is a National Historic Site. Hours, access, and visitor guidance are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm.

Official page

The NPS page for Fort Bowie National Historic Site: https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Source cards

4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation

Fort Bowie National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in AZ.

Getting there

Official access details for Fort Bowie are on the NPS page.

From Willcox, AZ / points west on I-10: drive 23 miles east of Willcox on Interstate 10 to the the town of Bowie. Exit at the first Bowie exit and drive through the town. Follow the signs for Fort Bowie National Historic Site and turn south on Apache Pass Road. Drive 13 miles to the Fort Bowie Trailhead (the last mile of the road is unpaved). Be prepared to walk the three miles round trip to the ruins and back to your car.

Place instrument

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Season and now

Twelve-month planning is modeled from the published seasonal profile. The current hand stays unavailable until sourced alerts, hours, events, roads, and weather are fresh.

Current hand
Not available

Three listening lanes

Official NPS audio: Not provided for this snapshot.

Synthetic browser audio, never a field recording or live observation.

Jamcorder: Shared station.

Text equivalent for the seasonal place clock
MonthVisitabilityCrowd pressure
January6624
February6930
March6958
April6868
May6554
June5728
July5022
August4626
September5542
October6372
November6766
December6838

The cue is a browser-generated composition, not a field recording. How NPS Sounds modeled audio works.

Methodology

This page uses the checked-in NPS identity snapshot for Fort Bowie National Historic Site, the 4 source cards below, and the figures listed above. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Read the NPS Sounds methodology and about NPS Sounds for how pages are assembled.

  • Data snapshot: October 27, 2026
  • Source cards: 4

Data Behind This Reading

Source provenance

NPS identity

high

Fort Bowie National Historic Site is identified as National Historic Site with NPS code fobo.

Available · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Official operations

limited

Official alerts should be verified on the NPS page. This site uses a checked-in snapshot, not a live operations feed.

From the data snapshot · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Weather and seasonality

limited

Fort Bowie National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the NPS snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Modeled · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

How this page is assembled

limited

place page source cards come from the data snapshot October 27, 2026.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Where Fort Bowie National Historic Site fits

State, region, and designation hubs that list this place.

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