Accessibility

Wheelchairs available for loan.

NPS

General Accessibility

Service Animals
All trails and buildings are accessible to service animals. Service animals, as defined under 28 CFR 36.104, means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.

Parking
Accessible parking spaces for standard sized vehicles are available in the Visitor Center parking area. Several "oversized" parking spaces that can accommodate campers, buses, and large RV's are also available.

Buildings
The Visitor Center provides accessible restrooms, a large open exhibit area, and has height-compliant water fountains.

Video
The 15-minute orientation film is provided with captioning.

Wheelchairs
A manual wheelchair is available for general use loan at the visitor center along with an all-terrain manual wheelchair suitable for the park interpretive trails.

 

Trail accessibility

The trails located at Fort Union National Monument are relatively flat and are comprised of compacted crushed fines as its construction material. All trails are wheelchair accessible.

The full trail encompasses a 1.25-mile loop around or adjacent to the historic structures and sections of Fort Union (i.e. Second Fort Union. Third Fort Union Military Post, Depot, Mechanics Corral, Barracks, Military Prison, and Hospital.)

The shorter trail is approximately 0.5 miles in length and encompasses the Second Fort Union, Third Fort Union Military Post, Barracks, and Hospital.

A spur trail which leads individuals through a portion of the earthworks of the Second Fort Union is comprised of the same compacted materials as the main trail. This spur trail has a slight grade.

Benches are located adjacent to the walking trails at the following locations:

• Third Fort Union Officers Quarters
• Sundial
• Depot Officers Quarters
• Storehouses at the Depot
• Mechanics Corral
• Enlisted Barracks
• Santa Fe Trail ruts.
• Hospital
• Flagpole
• Second Fort
• Visitor Center

 

Web features

For videos with audio that are contained on our website, captioned versions of these videos are also available to view and/or download.

Text and pdf documents, where possible, have been formatted to conform to text to audio software programs.

 

Access Pass

Fort Union National Monument is a fee free park and does not require or issue any of the America the Beautiful The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass Series passes. For those U.S. citizens interested in visiting federal recreation areas and have conditions that are defined as a "permanent medical disability" we suggest obtaining a free Access Pass.

The Access Pass is free for all U.S. citizens who present documentation (such as from a licensed physician, the Veteran's Administration, or a vocational rehabilitation agency) of a permanent medical disability.

 

Do you have comments, questions, or recommendations about accessibility at Fort Union National Monument? Please e-mail us and let us know.