Fort Stanwix, Rome, NY: A Great Park!

Fort Stanwix in Rome recently celebrated it’s 75th anniversary as a state park and National Historic Site! This week is National Park Week, and Fort Stanwix has some special events at the park. This is from National Park Service:

“We are excited about this coming year and celebrating the 75th birthday of Fort Stanwix National Monument and National Park Week,” said Mike Kusch, Chief of Interpretation and Resource Management. “We earnestly wish to thank the people of Rome for their efforts and their patriotism to establish and keep an important National Park Service site within their community. We at Fort Stanwix National Monument are proud to serve the people of Rome and the people who visit the park from all over the United States and the world. Thank you very much.”

Fort Stanwix National Monument is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the park is free. Activities are ongoing unless noted. For more information about upcoming events please call the park at (315) 338-7730. Please visit the park’s web page at www.nps.gov/fost for additional information about the park and up-to-date news about park events.

We absolutely adore Fort Stanwix. We visit nearly every year. We think it’s one of the greatest parks and historic sites we have ever visited, and everyone who works there is incredibly friendly, cheerful, and knowledgeable. Here are some photos of one of our visits.

For a more detailed history of the fort, see this earlier post I’d written about the fort and the Visitors Center.

This visit was relaxing and exploratory. It began with a lovely walk around the park, from the Marinus Willet Visitor Center and all around to the entrance of the fort.

On the walkways, there are large, informative plaques. Read more