Location: Dodge City
Top Things to do in Dodge City
Top 6 Historic Sites in Dodge City, Kansas (KS)
Don your cowboy hat and get ready for adventure Old West style - Dodge City beckons. In fact the city, made famous by the legendary Wyatt Earp and the television series "Gunsmoke," offers so many historically interesting and exciting attractions, it's hard to know where to begin. We have compiled some ideas to help you get started. At the Boot Hill Museum, Old West buffs can experience Dodge City in the 1870s, complete with a recreated saloon and an authentic cemetery. Other attractions offer opportunities to reenact famous gun fights and see wax replicas of notorious cowboys. Historic homes and a fort are also available to tour. No matter where you begin, Dodge City offers fun and excitement at every turn.
Restaurants in Dodge City
1. The Long Branch Saloon
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By 792frederickg - Weatherford, United States
Very nice reproduction saloon. Visitors can get a cold sarsaparilla or a cold beer, sit and soak in the ambience. Bartender even plays the piano and tries to play a song from the state visitors are from! From here, the tour continues to all the other buildings and you can see everything the museum has to offer.
2. Home of Stone
3. Santa Fe Trail Tracks
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 147 reviews
Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, these wagon wheel rut formations dating from the nineteenth century can be clearly seen today.
Reviewed By P7665USsharonr - Michigan City, United States
Very interesting site but difficult to actually see the tracks. I still recommend stopping even if you just stretch your legs and take a short walk.
4. Fort Dodge
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 68 reviews
Take a self-guided walking tour of the grounds at this historic fort, built in 1867 to protect the mail service and wagon trains along the Santa Fe Trail, and later converted to the Kansas Soldiers Home.
Reviewed By N459AVkevinb
Pleasant and informative museum, a lot of fun and a great display of an old West cavalry fort. Much history in the area, and this is well worth a stop.
5. Carnegie Center for the Arts
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 9 reviews
Part of the National Register for Historic Sites, this 1907 building serves as an arts council for local artisans.
6. Coronado Cross
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 27 reviews
Site where the famous Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, crossed the Arkansas River in the 16th century while searching for the ?cities of gold.?
