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National Historic Site · Fort Davis National Historic Site

Fort Davis National Historic Site

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

Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail.

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

Answer Brief

Answer-first planning signal

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

Summary at a glance

Fort Davis 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
FODA
Region
desert southwest
Core Experiences
architecture-and-buildingafrican-american-heritagefortsmedicinehospitalArts and CultureCraft DemonstrationsFoodPicnickingGuided Tours

Month-by-month

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

Official page

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

Source cards

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

Designation

Fort Davis National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in TX.

Getting there

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

We are approximately 2.5 hours south of Midland/Odessa starting on I-20 to HWY 17, 3.5 hours North West of Del Rio starting on HWY 90 to HWY 118, 4 hours east of El Paso starting on I-10 to HWY 118 and 7 hours west of San Antonio starting on I-10 to HWY 17.

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 Davis 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 Davis National Historic Site is identified as National Historic Site with NPS code foda.

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 Davis National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the NPS snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/foda/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