Old Post Office

Old Post Office: 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 Old Post Office

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 Old Post Office — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.90303, -102.96412. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Old Post Office

• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~12 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~13 km · Must-see
• Camp Nichols · fort · Baca · ~21 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~34 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~49 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~66 km · Must-see
• Union County Courthouse Historic Site · attraction · Union · ~68 km · Must-see
• Kenton Museum · museum · Cimarron · ~0 km
• Robbers Roost Peak · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~7 km
• Basketmakers Cave Number 1 · cave · Cimarron · ~7 km
• Red Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~11 km
• Independence Arch · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~12 km
• Black Mesa State Park · sanctuary · Baca · ~12 km
• Lake Carl Etling Dam · lake · Cimarron · ~13 km
• Sugarloaf Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~14 km
• Preston Boundary Monument · fort · Baca · ~14 km
• Middle Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~14 km
• Castle Rock Pillar · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Old Post Office

Other forts & heritage near Old Post Office

• Camp Nichols · fort · Baca · ~21 km · Must-see
• Folsom State Monument · fort · Colfax · ~123 km · Must-see
• Preston Boundary Monument · fort · Baca · ~14 km
• Site of Old Fort Nichols · fort · Cimarron · ~21 km
• Old Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker · fort · Cimarron · ~24 km
• Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Route · fort · Cimarron · ~26 km
• Old Santa Fe Trail (Cimarron Cutoff) Surveyed by the United States, 1826-1827 · fort · Cimarron · ~37 km
• War Memorial · fort · Cimarron · ~55 km
• Texhomex · fort · Dallam · ~56 km
• Clayton Public Schools Historic District · fort · Union · ~67 km

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