Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Profound, symbolic, spiritual, controversial. This site is unlike any other National Park Service site in America. As 675 cavalrymen came around a prairie bend, the camps of Chiefs Black Kettle, White Antelope, and Left Hand lay in the valley before them. Chaotic, horrific, tumultuous, and bloody, the events of November 29, 1864 truly changed the course of history.
The site is open to the public with no admission fee.
The park Visitor Contact Station is located at the park, which is eight miles north of the town of Chivington. It provides education and orientation materials and has a sales outlet for educational merchandise. Visitor Contact Station maintains the same hours as the park.
Hours
April 2 — November 30 open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, 7 days a week
December 1 — March 31 open 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Thursday to Monday (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Exceptions: Closed Christmas, New Year's Day and Thanksgiving
Website
Location and Directions
Sand Creek Massacre NHS is located approximately 23 miles east of Eads, Colorado. From Eads, take Highway 287 South 2.7 miles, and then turn left on to Highway 96 East. Continue through the town of Chivington to Chief White Antelope Way (a well maintained dirt road, formerly County Road 54. Turn north on Chief White Antelope Way and continue for approximately 8 miles. Two interpretive pullouts will be on the east side of Chief Antelope Way. Turn east on County Road W for 1.3 miles. The park will be on your left.
Mailing Address
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
910 Wansted
PO Box 249
Eads, CO 81036-0249
Phone
(719) 438-5916