Fort Phil Kearny Historic Site
Wyoming State Historic Site, National Historic Landmark and Interpretive Center
The Interpretive Center will be now be open all winter! Open hours now through May 31st are 12pm-4pm Wednesday - Sunday. Hope to see you here!
Welcome to Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site
Step back in time and discover life on the Wyoming frontier! Fort Phil Kearny served as the central post for the three forts guarding the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of Red Cloud’s War, witnessing the most pivotal clashes between the U.S. Army and allied Plains tribes.
Begin your visit in our new Interpretive Center, where you can explore the history of the Fort and its associated tribes, namely the Crow, Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapho. Then, walk through reconstructed stockade walls and explore the original grounds of the largest stockaded fort in the American West. Interpretive signs mark the locations of historic buildings and reveal stories of the soldiers, families, and other colorful characters who lived and worked at this remote outpost.
Be sure to stop into our bookstore, where we have something for everyone!
Fort Phil Kearny would like to thank the Helmsley Charitable Trust for their investment in the site's newly remodeled and expanded Interpretive Center
Photo above courtesy of Wyoming Chronicle
Pets are welcome on site grounds. Please keep all pets on a leash at all times and pick up after them.
No pets are allowed inside the Interpretive Center building.
The State also manages the Fetterman and Wagon Box battle sites, which are both free areas, open sunrise to sunset seasonally.
HOURS :
June 1- September 30: open 7 days a week. 8am-5pm
October 1 - May 31: open Wednesday - Sunday 12pm - 4pm
The Fort grounds and battle sites are open year-round from sunrise to sunset.
Fort Phil Kearny Interpretive Center
Fees are $4.00 for Wyoming residents and $8.00 for non-residents.
Children under 18 free year-round.
Bus Fee $5.00 per person non-resident year-round. (WY resident fees apply)
This website is managed by the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, est. in 1985, that works for the protection, preservation, education and promotion of Fort Phil Kearny, the Bozeman Trail and related sites Fort Phil Kearny, and the Fetterman and Wagon Box Battlesites are Wyoming State Historic sites and National Historic Landmarks. To go to the Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site and Wyoming State Parks website please click here:
