Parachute Building

Parachute Building: 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 Parachute Building

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 Parachute Building — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.69971, -98.74192. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Parachute Building

• The Big Well Museum & Visitors Center · museum · Kiowa · ~62 km · Must-see
• Quivira National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Stafford · ~71 km · Must-see
• Norden Bombsight Storage Vaults · fort · Pratt · ~1 km
• First United Methodist Church · church · Pratt · ~7 km
• Pratt County Lake · lake · Pratt · ~12 km
• Pilot Knob · viewpoint · Pratt · ~15 km
• Texas Lake · lake · Pratt · ~26 km
• Pilot Knob · viewpoint · Stafford · ~30 km
• Stafford County Museum · museum · Stafford · ~40 km
• Haviland Friends Church · church · Kiowa · ~42 km
• Haviland United Methodist Church · church · Kiowa · ~42 km
• Arrowhead Lake Dam · lake · Barber · ~43 km
• Macksville Christian Church · church · Stafford · ~44 km
• Gypsum Hills · viewpoint · Barber · ~48 km
• Kingman State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area · lake · Kingman · ~48 km
• James Lake · lake · Stafford · ~54 km
• Barber County State Lake Dam · lake · Barber · ~59 km
• Quivira National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center · sanctuary · Stafford · ~59 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Parachute Building

Other forts & heritage near Parachute Building

• Fort Larned National Historic Site · fort · Pawnee · ~82 km · Must-see
• Fort Dodge · fort · Ford · ~131 km · Must-see
• Norden Bombsight Storage Vaults · fort · Pratt · ~1 km
• Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty Site · fort · Barber · ~63 km
• Greensburg Big Well Country · fort · Kiowa · ~65 km
• Titan II Launch Facility 532-8 · fort · Kingman · ~74 km
• Camp on Pawnee Fork · fort · Pawnee · ~81 km
• Titan II Launch Facility 532-6 · fort · Kingman · ~83 km
• Veterans Memorial · fort · Comanche · ~88 km
• Titan II Launch Facility 532-7 · fort · Kingman · ~93 km

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