HistoryHidden gem
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
La Junta, Colorado
A rebuilt adobe trading post that once sat on the Santa Fe Trail.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The reconstructed fort shows the 1840s trade among traders, trappers and Native peoples. You walk in from the car park and can join guided tours for more of the interior. Easy break on a long prairie drive.
Good to know
- Plaza access runs on set days, check the calendar
- Guided tours include more rooms
- Best time
- Spring or fall
- Open
- Check calendar
- Getting there
- Paved road, short walk to the fort
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
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