Accessibility

A Park Interpreter, dressed in period clothing as a fort trapper, presenting a program about trapping to visitors
A Park Ranger dressed as a fort trapper, presenting a program visitors.

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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site is an accurately reconstructed fur trading post that can present challenges for visitors with special needs.

Please call the site at 719 383-5010 or email with any questions about accessibility, questions or for any clarification on accessibility at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.

 

Accessibility parking is available at the visitor parking lot. There is a paved pathway, 1,275 feet in length, from the parking lot to the fort that is hard-surfaced and wheelchair accessible. The fort has a wheelchair available that can be requested by calling 719-383-5010 ext. 110 or ext. 133.

The ground level of the fort has sand or concrete surfaces that pose some challenges for wheelchair accessibility. A hand-held player with a tour of the second floor is available by request from an interpreter at the fort.

A twenty minute documentary film with open captions and visual description is available for viewing next to the fort fee collection room.

A twenty minute documentary film with open captions and visual description is available for viewing next to the fort fee collection room.

Service animals are allowed anywhere in the park when kept twenty-five yards or more away from fort livestock.

Smoke from wood fires is often present in the reconstructed fort.

National Parks: Accessible to Everyone is the National Park Service's official page where visitors can find information, services, and resources available at national parks around the country.

Last updated: September 12, 2023

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Mailing Address:

35110 State Highway 194
La Junta, CO 81050

Phone:

719 383-5010

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