Fort Larned Visit Guide

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Best primary window for Fort Larned: September, with June and October as strong shoulder months.

Discover a complete and authentic army post from the 1860s -1870s! This well-preserved fort on the Santa Fe Trail shares a tumultuous history of the Indian Wars era. The sandstone constructed buildings sheltered troops who were known as the Guardians of the Santa Fe Trail.

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

Targeted Impressions Data TeamData Science & Intelligence

materializedData snapshot: October 27, 20264 source cards

Answer-first planning signal

Best current use

Fort Larned National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.

Current signal

Fort Larned National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in KS in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/fols/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Visitor takeaway

Hours, access, and visitor guidance for Fort Larned National Historic Site are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/fols/index.htm.

What it sounds like

Fort Larned audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

Fort Larned 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

FOLS

Region

great lakes

Core Experiences

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Month-by-month

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

Official page

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

Source cards

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

Designation

Fort Larned National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in KS.

Getting there

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

Fort Larned National Historic Site is located on KS Hwy 156, six miles west of Larned, Kansas.

SERPRadio Origin Research

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
Month	Visitability	Crowd pressure
January	44	10
February	46	10
March	51	18
April	56	30
May	58	48
June	60	68
July	59	86
August	59	82
September	61	58
October	60	34
November	54	18
December	48	10

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 Larned 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 Larned National Historic Site is identified as National Historic Site with NPS code fols.

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

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

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