fort clark springs

Wonderful place filled with great people, historic buildings, golf course, spring fed pool and restaurant. A must see!

My wife and I spent a Sunday afternoon and a Sunday night at the Fort motel. It was a very interesting, informative and enjoyable visit. The museum offers a lot of military history dating from the Indian Wars of the 1880's thru World War II. The lady in the Sutlers Store shared a wealth of knowledge about the Buffalo Soldiers and the Seminole Negro Indian scouts that once occupied the fort. Being Black, my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with her. The museum and store are only open for a short period of time in the afternoons on weekends.For anyone visiting or staying at the fort on a Sunday evening/night, dining options are very limited!!! Las Moras Grill located on the fort closes @ 5:00 PM. Across the street from the entry gate to the post is a combination service station, cafe and Subway Sandwich Shop that stays open to 9:00 PM on Sundays. Everything is in the same small building. However, when my wife and I went to the cafe section @ 6:00 PM they had already sold out of food for the day! Fortunately, we just walked through an inner door to the Subway section where we were able to get Subway subs/sandwiches for our dinner meal. For those interested in golf, there is a regulation 18 hole course as well as a small Par 3 course. The Par 3 is located directly across the street from the motel. I did not play the Par 3 but the regular course is not intimidating and fun to play. Overall, Fort Clark Springs is a place worth visiting.

We moved to Fort Clark Springs in January of 2014 and live in the Fort. We have hosted many guests as well as relatives. Our guests have stayed in Fort Clark and found the units quiet, comfortable and clean. They all have enjoyed the stay and always look forward to coming back. The beautiful springs, the ever present wildlife, the nature trails combined with the historical setting offer a peaceful setting for those that just need to get away for some quiet time. The Fort offers a nice get away for golfers and provides a delightful and quiet restaurant atmosphere surrounded by Texas Pecan trees and beautiful Oaks by Las Moras Creek. Southern Hospitality and friendliness from the entire staff and people in the community is something to appreciate in your stay.

Worth a stop. Much of the historic part is still standing. Signs point out many interesting facts of this national treasure.

We really enjoyed the relaxed, unpretentious historic atmosphere. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Plenty of nature sighting offerings. Worthwhile for any visitor that needs a break from hectic city life and enjoys history and nature.

We visited the Fort as "something" to do in Brackettville and it looked interesting based on the reviews. Not much to see here in December , it was too cold to walk around the Fort or swim(the swimming area looked cool). We stopped in to see the museum and the store. This is an ok place to check out, but only if ur driving through town, not much to do/explore otherwise.

This small town so close to the Mexican border that you can't throw a rock without seeing Border Patrol, is a Texas gem. The Fort itself has been repurposed into mainly a senior living community, with many of the buildings preserved, or privately owned. Sadly, amidst all of the memorial plaques and markers are many of the original buildings left standing, but in terrible disrepair, and down to simply the stone frames. The history of Fort Clark goes back to the mid 1800s and includes the amazing history of Buffalo Soldiers, the local Indians who acted as scouts (and others who fought the U.S. soldiers to protect their land and water access), and the U.S. Army Calvary, and U.S. Army otherwise. The museum is on site, free (request donation), and is open on Saturdays and Sundays only from 1-4pm. The museum is small, enjoyable, and largely created by the donations of the community. There are glaring gaps in the history of the Fort based on what is displayed, but it is genuinely a hometown museum and reflects those who remained and associated with the military. It is remnants of military history and worth considering, although social history of the Fort is somewhat limited. The museum is housed inside the old guardhouse, a space they rent. Fort Clark Springs has a golf course, the gorgeous Las Moras Spring running through it (which is why the military settled there), and several local venues. It is 23 miles from the Kickapoo Cavern State Park. Do not speed as the County cops, border patrol, and city cops are looming. Make sure to fill up on gas when you are there because this little town is a long ways from the next nearest gas station!

We visit Fort Clark every year for Thanksgiving. Fort Clark Springs is a 2700-acre resort and leisure living community on a de-comissioned army base that has everything from the old houses of the officers to areas with mobile homes, so please take the resort part with a grain of salt!Our family rents 2 houses and spends the week. It's a one of a kind place. Please take what I'm about to say seriously... It's really in the middle of nowhere. There's really no attractions anywhere around Fort Clark or Brackettville. Just an old, small Texas town with a little IGA grocery store and an old time hardware store. Now for Fort Clark itself, it is gated with a 24hour guard (A+++), and it covers a lot of area. There are trails in the woods to walk on, deer hanging out all around. There is part of the creek down the road near the stables where the kids love to go fish up tadpoles with their nets (there is also a bridge there to one of the trails). There is also a spring-fed pool (the 3rd largest in the state of Texas) that remains a cool 68 degrees year round that the kids like to take a dip in even when it's a cool Thanksgiving....part of the glory of being young I suppose (although we often see a few senior residents hanging out in the pool even when it's cool). We also like to walk from the pool to the creek that the pool feeds into and walk by the bank thru the woods. It's crystal clear and you can see fish in there. The kids like to fish there with poles. We load up the back of the truck at night and drive around and see all the deer. There is the old parade grounds towards the front of the fort that the kids and guys like to play football on. There's an old cemetary off of the fort that has 3 medal of honor recipents buried there as well as Indian scouts. It's a look into the long gone past to visit there. Fort Clark also has a golf course. While this is a treasure for us, because we all have a place to go that's like living in the country for a week, there is nothing fancy about this place. But we love the simplicity of it. Bring your bikes, golf clubs, footballs, books, and look forward to relaxing strolls. There is a motel on the premises that is actually in an old Calvary barracks. The rooms are neat, clean, but nothing fancy. There's a diner close to the entrance of the fort, as well as a Mexican restaurant right down the road that is good, if you want somewhere to eat, but no fast food in the little town of Brackettville. We have also driven about 30-40 minutes down to the border town of Eagle Pass to the 'Mexican market', which is on the U.S. side, and also to let the kids see the Rio Grande and to see Mexico on the other side. Do NOT go to Fort Clark looking for excitement, but if you want casual peace and quiet in a very slow pace, this is for you! You just have to be prepared to make your own fun....like the old days!

Each year for the past 30 or so, Fort Clark Days takes place the first full weekend in March.Living historians, vendors (food & art and crafts), entertainment (live bands such as the Young Guns and the Hackberry Hags; western based skits by the Concho Cowboy Comany); USATF Sanctioned 5K run, Kid Corner, Petting Zoo, these are just a few of the attractions. Fort Clark Days is an interactive historical based event. 2013, 102 living historians participated, representing the history of the fort. Arts and crafts are located in Seminole Hall and the Commissary Buildings, dating back to the 1800's. If you love history, and want to visit one of West Texa's most intact calvery forts, this is the place to come for a day, weekend, or a lifetime!

As a youngerster I had diven pass Fort Clark springs many time but never stopped to explore this historic location until June 2013, a family renunion. I have to say i was very impressed, the folks there have done a great job of restoring and maintaing this old west location. With a military back ground (hence AH TENN SION) it almost felt as though I was transported back in time. It was real easy to see the way these pioneers/soldiers would have lived in that day and time. Definitaly one attraction you have to put in your bucket list of places to visit.

The new café at the golf course is helping to upgrade the experience at Fort Clark Springs. This used to be the neatest place, with all the trees around the quadrangle. New staff is making great strides.

We discovered this place in 1990 and and since 2000 have been returning every 2 years. Keep in mind that it is a 6-7 day drive for us! It would take too long to describe everything about Fort Clark Springs, Others have written about the historical, we come for the amazing fresh water pool, the 35+ kilometres of hiking.biking trails. We have stayed at the motel and echo what others have said. Most of the time however, we have set up at the RV park.Golf course club house has simple but delicious meals to offer. In the spring time flower are in bloom everywhere. When you see the truly gigantic trees you have to pinch yourself to realize that just a few km away there is nothing but desert wasteland.The Las Moras Spring has created a true oasis which in places looks more like southern Florida.

Fort Clark Springs is a return to the early Forts of the United States Army. Many of the historic buildings are still intact and of those several are still being used today. The motel is simple but clean and has air conditioning and television. The museum which unfortunately open on Saturday and Sunday is one of the finest small museums I've ever visited. Just driving around a looking at what's left of this remarkable place is worth the trip!!!!!!

What a wonderful surprise in all regards.Could not find motel accomodations close by the movie set, took a chance at the Fort. What a place of peace, beauty and history! No TV,s, phones, etc. Beautiful spring fed pool, real live old fort turned into motel, golf course. Bracketville charming little Texas town, John Wayne Alamo set awesome! You can wander the inside rooms, wander the entire set of the Alamo, then walk or drive over to the "town" which was used for different parts of the movie also. Of course a John Wayne museum, movie set barroom, real bar where you can get food, other movie buildings you can look around in. We were on our way to the Real Alamo, or I would have loved to stay and soak up more of the history of the Fort and the Alamo movie set. Definitely a destination attraction!

This fort is very much worth a visit! It's a big place with alot to look at...but the best time is in the Spring during Ft. Clark Days. Re-enactments, Indians, gattling guns, cannons going off. Nice spring fed pool but it's closed Thursdays for cleaning. On site inexpensive motel...very basic and a bit run down. Take the kids!