Hood House

Hood 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 Hood 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 Hood House — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.56385, -104.78475. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hood House

• Rueter-Hess Reservoir · lake · Douglas · ~12 km · Must-see
• Aurora Reservoir · lake · Arapahoe · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cherry Creek Dam · lake · Arapahoe · ~14 km · Must-see
• Bayou Gulch Open Space · viewpoint · Douglas · ~18 km · Must-see
• Denver Colorado Temple · church · Arapahoe · ~19 km · Must-see
• Mizel Museum · museum · Denver · ~25 km · Must-see
• Evans Chapel · church · Denver · ~25 km · Must-see
• Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum · museum · Denver · ~25 km · Must-see
• Chapel No. 1 · church · Denver · ~25 km · Must-see
• Museum of Outdoor Arts · museum · Arapahoe · ~26 km · Must-see
• Bonnie Brae Park · park · Denver · ~26 km · Must-see
• Washington Park · park · Denver · ~27 km · Must-see
• Grant - Frontier Park · park · Denver · ~27 km · Must-see
• Ridgeline Open Space · park · Douglas · ~28 km · Must-see
• Former Stapleton Airport Control Tower · attraction · Denver · ~30 km · Must-see
• Chatfield State Park · park · Douglas · ~30 km · Must-see
• Alamo Placita Park · park · Denver · ~30 km · Must-see
• Colorado · church · Denver · ~30 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Hood House

Other forts & heritage near Hood House

• Civil War Monument · fort · Denver · ~33 km · Must-see
• Bradford House II · fort · Jefferson · ~42 km · Must-see
• LoDaisKa site · fort · Jefferson · ~45 km · Must-see
• Fort Collins Colorado Temple · fort · Larimer · ~132 km · Must-see
• Fort Morgan · fort · Kimball · ~143 km · Must-see
• Slemmer Ranch Bark · fort · Douglas · ~9 km
• Smoky Hill Trail Historic Marker · fort · Arapahoe · ~9 km
• Schweiger Ranch · fort · Douglas · ~11 km
• Titan I Missile Site 724-A (historic) · fort · Arapahoe · ~15 km
• Quincy Farm · fort · Arapahoe · ~19 km

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