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A field of sunflowers next to a stone building. Wood frame structures in background.

A field of sunflowers adds a splash of color to a view of the parade ground at Fort Scott.

Picture of the Post Hospital

Wood frame structures with stairs next to a stone walkway. Structures reflect afternoon sunlight.

Officers quarters at Fort Scott bathed in the light of the afternoon sun.

Four soldiers on horseback in a line riding through prairie grass

Soldiers on horseback patrolling the prairie

Women dressed as laundresses with laundry buckets and scrub boards

High school students dressed as laundresses demonstrate laundry methods of the 1840s

Picture of rows of flags across the parade ground with trees in the background.

Image of flags from the Symbols of Sacrifice event.

Physical Address:

1 Old Fort Blvd.

Fort Scott, KS 66701

Mailing Address:

PO Box 918

Fort Scott, KS 66701

contact-details

Phone Number: 6202230310 Voice
Phone Number: 6202230188 Fax

Email Address: fosc_interpretation@nps.gov
Description:

Fees

Entrance Fees

Entrance Passes

Promises made and broken! Who deserves to be free? The fight for freedom! Soldiers fighting settlers! Each of these stories is a link in the chain of events that encircled Fort Scott from 1842-1873. All of the site's structures, its parade ground, and its tallgrass prairie bear witness to this era when the country was forged from a young republic into a united transcontinental nation.

park designation:National Historic Site

Directions:

Fort Scott National Historic Site is located in downtown Fort Scott, Kansas. U.S. Highways 69 and 54 intersect here. Fort Scott is about 90 miles south of Kansas City and 60 miles northwest of Joplin, Missouri. It is 4 miles from the Kansas-Missouri border. Signs directing visitors to Fort Scott are posted on Highway 69 for visitors coming from the north and the south and on Highway 54 for visitors coming from the east and the west.

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Directions

Operating Hours:

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Park Visitor Center and historic building hours listed under 'Visitor Centers'. Visitors may walk the park grounds, walkways and parking lot from ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset, except during periods of snow, ice or other inclement weather conditions that make the grounds unsafe.

Weather Information:

Spring and autumn are pleasant with mild temperatures. Summers are generally hot and humid, while winters are mild with periods of cold weather, snowfall, and ice storms. Thunderstorms, some severe, are common throughout the spring and summer. During periods of severe weather, visitors should seek shelter, as the area is prone to lightning strikes Visitors are advised to check the weather prior to traveling.