Willis House

Willis 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 Willis 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 Willis House — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.20820, -106.79455. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Willis House

• Encampment River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~18 km · Must-see
• Huston Park Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~25 km · Must-see
• Saratoga National Fish Hatchery · park · Carbon · ~41 km · Must-see
• Savage Run Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~43 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · sanctuary · Carbon · ~45 km · Must-see
• Platte River Wilderness · sanctuary · Carbon · ~48 km · Must-see
• Hahns Peak · viewpoint · Routt · ~53 km · Must-see
• Medicine Bow Peak · viewpoint · Albany · ~54 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel · viewpoint · Jackson · ~54 km · Must-see
• Pearl Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Lake State Park · lake · Routt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Columbus Mountain · viewpoint · Routt · ~62 km · Must-see
• Swastika Lake · lake · Albany · ~62 km · Must-see
• Mount Zirkel Wilderness · sanctuary · Routt · ~62 km · Must-see
• Elk Mountain · viewpoint · Carbon · ~65 km · Must-see
• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~74 km · Must-see
• Grand Encampment Museum;Grand Encampment Museum Doc Culleton Building · museum · Carbon · ~1 km
• Lordier Dam · lake · Carbon · ~7 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Willis House

Other forts & heritage near Willis House

• Fort Halleck · fort · Carbon · ~74 km · Must-see
• Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site · fort · Carbon · ~81 km · Must-see
• France Memorial Presbyterian Church · fort · Carbon · ~93 km · Must-see
• Hanna Basin Museum · fort · Carbon · ~95 km · Must-see
• Fort Sanders Guardhouse · fort · Albany · ~125 km · Must-see
• Ames Monument · fort · Albany · ~146 km · Must-see
• County Road 203 · fort · Carbon · ~17 km
• Golden Clover Mine · fort · Carbon · ~24 km
• Dewey Mine · fort · Carbon · ~30 km
• Platt Mine · fort · Carbon · ~33 km

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