Fort Bowie National Historic Site
National Historic Site · Bowie, Arizona
The adobe ruins of a US Army fort in Apache Pass in south-east Arizona, established in 1862 to guard Apache Spring and the route of the Butterfield Overland Mail. The pass saw the Bascom Affair of 1861, which set off years of war with Cochise's Chiricahua Apache, and the Battle of Apache Pass in 1862. For more than two decades the fort was the base for campaigns against the Chiricahua until Geronimo's surrender in 1886, and it was abandoned in 1894. Visitors reach the ruins, the post cemetery and the spring on a mile-and-a-half trail past the old stage station — there is no road to the fort for most visitors.
3327 South Old Fort Bowie Road, Bowie, Arizona, 85605, United States
Grounds, trails and ruins open daily sunrise to sunset. Visitor centre open Sundays and Mondays 8:30 AM to 4 PM until further notice (since May 2025). Check nps.gov/fobo.
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