Custer House

Custer House: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Custer House

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Custer House — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.06416, -96.78319. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Custer House

• Milford Lake State Park Marina · lake · Geary · ~14 km · Must-see
• Konza Prairie Biological Station · sanctuary · Riley · ~24 km · Must-see
• Sunset Park · park · Riley · ~25 km · Must-see
• Kansas State University Gardens · sanctuary · Riley · ~28 km · Must-see
• Seven Dolors Catholic Church · church · Riley · ~28 km · Must-see
• First Congregational United Church of Christ · church · Riley · ~28 km · Must-see
• Manhattan · church · Riley · ~30 km · Must-see
• Kansas Landscape Arboretum · sanctuary · Clay · ~31 km · Must-see
• Tuttle Creek Lake · lake · Pottawatomie · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lander Park Carousel · attraction · Dickinson · ~51 km · Must-see
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum · museum · Dickinson · ~51 km · Must-see
• Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway · viewpoint · Dickinson · ~51 km · Must-see
• Council Grove City Lake Dam · lake · Morris · ~59 km · Must-see
• Hermit's Cave on Belfry Hill · cave · Morris · ~64 km · Must-see
• Council Grove · sanctuary · Morris · ~64 km · Must-see
• Lake Wabaunsee · lake · Wabaunsee · ~69 km · Must-see
• US Cavalry Museum · museum · Geary · ~0 km
• Ogden Hill · viewpoint · Geary · ~1 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Custer House

Other forts & heritage near Custer House

• Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site · fort · Saline · ~86 km · Must-see
• Kansas First Territorial Capitol · fort · Geary · ~4 km
• M113 · fort · Geary · ~4 km
• 155mm Howitzer · fort · Geary · ~4 km
• The Mormon Trail (South Fork) · fort · Geary · ~4 km
• M65 Atomic Cannon · fort · Geary · ~4 km
• Buffalo Soldier Memorial · fort · Geary · ~6 km
• Junction City and Geary County Law Enforcement Memorial · fort · Geary · ~7 km
• 1st Infantry Division - Desert Storm Memorial · fort · Geary · ~7 km
• State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial · fort · Geary · ~7 km

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