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# Fort Bowie National Historic Site

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BEFORE YOUR VISIT

Visitor informationAccess & reservations

### Fort Bowie National Historic Site: Visitor-center bookstore payment

Park-specific information

- [Visitor-center bookstore payment](https://arizonaparks.org/parks/fort-bowie-national-historic-site)

The visitor-center bookstore accepts electronic payments. Check the current payment arrangements before shopping.

[Read the official notice: National Park Service Arizona destinations ↗](https://www.nps.gov/fobo/park-alerts-fobo.json)Source checked Oct 21, 2026

Visitor informationTrails & roads

### Fort Bowie National Historic Site: Butterfield Trail stock access

Park-specific information

- [Butterfield Trail stock access](https://arizonaparks.org/parks/fort-bowie-national-historic-site)

Butterfield Trail is closed to horses and pack animals. NPS reports that hiking and foot traffic remain permitted.

[Read the official notice: National Park Service Arizona destinations ↗](https://www.nps.gov/fobo/park-alerts-fobo.json)Source checked Oct 21, 2026

PLAN YOUR VISIT

## The practical details.

**Managing agency**: National Park Service

[Official park information](https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm)

We have not yet verified hours, entry fees, accessibility details. Confirm these with the managing agency before traveling.

Check notice timestamps and official updates. Conditions can change between source checks.

## Weather & forecast

National Weather Service · [Official forecast ↗](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=32.149305&lon=-109.45625)

## About Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Fort Bowie preserves a place central to the conflict between Chiricahua Apache people and the expanding United States Army. A walking route connects visitors with the remains of the fort and the landscape around it.

## Find your way.

Map points represent park land, not verified visitor entrances. Follow the managing agency’s entrance directions. Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

This point represents park land, and may not be a public entrance. Follow official entrance directions.

[Official visitor information & directions ↗](https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm)

## Read before you roam.

[THE FIELD GUIDE

### Plan around trail closures and changing access

Read the affected segment, check the approach, and keep a mapped route separate from permission to use it.

Read the guide](https://arizonaparks.org/guides/trail-closures-and-alternate-access)[THE FIELD GUIDE

### Plan reservations, entry and the right local time

Check cave-tour check-in, vehicle-only entrances, group reservations and Navajo Nation time before your trip.

Read the guide](https://arizonaparks.org/guides/reservations-gates-and-local-time)

## Sources & verification

Park facts and notices are checked separately. Missing facility information does not mean a facility is absent. Official visitor page checked Oct 21, 2026.

- [National Park Service Arizona destinations](https://www.nps.gov/state/az/list.htm) · Oct 21, 2026

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## Nearby parks.

Within 35 miles in a straight line. Travel distances and entrances vary.

[All parks](https://arizonaparks.org/parks)

[Cochise

### Chiricahua National Monument

National Park Service](https://arizonaparks.org/parks/chiricahua-national-monument)