Park Facilities
The Visitor Center has exhibits on the history of Fort Churchill, Native Americans that inhabited the area, and natural features of the surrounding countryside.
Within the Fort Churchill unit is a 20-site campground situated along the Carson River within a grove of cottonwood trees with an adjacent group-camp and day-use picnic areas. There is a primitive camp further along the Carson River in the Carson River Ranches unit.
Hiking trails include a self-guided trail around the fort ruins with interpretive signs explaining each of the buildings. The Orchard Trail runs along the Carson River from the campground to Buckland Station. A continuation of this trail runs the length of the Carson River in the Carson River Ranches unit.
Twice a year the Nevada Civil War Volunteers put on a civil war encampment at Fort Churchill.
Read more about this topic: Fort Churchill State Historic Park
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