Last updated: May 10, 2024
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Plan Like A Park Ranger: Visiting Bent's Old Fort
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Cell phone service at the fort is limited, but public WiFi is available in the plaza area. Download the NPS app before you arrive to enhance your visit.
Leashed pets are welcome in most of the park but are limited to the plaza inside the Fort. Additionally, pets should not be left unattended. Summer heat poses a threat to pets left in vehicles.
Bent's Old Fort is the beginning of a story that stretches across two other national park units in Southeast Colorado and one in Northeast New Mexico. Extend your experience by visiting Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site and Amache National Historic Site, each approximately a one hour drive from Bent's Old Fort. Just across the state line in New Mexico, Capulin Volcano National Monument offers sweeping views and the opportunity to get a close up experience on an extinct volcano.