Updated: 1 Jun 2009

CIVIL WAR FORT DUFFIELD
"Union Stronghold at the Mouth of Salt River"
Historic West Point, Kentucky
Dixie Highway (U.S. 31W) at Salt River Drive

I hope that you will find the information here interesting enough to pay the fort a visit and see all the work the volunteers have done to preserve the history of this place we call home and known to the rest of the world as the United States of America.

Just click on the picture below to see the fort with us.





For upcoming events (click the link below):

Fort Duffield Events






Fort Duffield Book (click the link below):

The Saga of Fort Duffield, West Point, Kentucky's Civil War Treasure (2009)






Friends of Fort Duffield is a support group for this site.
Their volunteer help is essential to the site's success as a place where students, historians, tourists, and local citizens can learn about the unique history that Fort Duffield and West Point, Ky. have to offer.

If you would like to volunteer your time to help Fort Duffield please contact:

FRIENDS OF FORT DUFFIELD
16706 Abbott's Beach Rd
West Point, KY 40177

If you would like to be a Friend of Fort Duffield, please click on the picture above.





For a look at a topographic map of the fort, click the map above.





Directions: The entrance to Fort Duffield Park and Historic Site is located off US 31W (Dixie Hwy) at Salt River Drive, West Point, Kentucky, 7.5 miles south of the Gene Snyder Freeway (Hwy 841) and 9 miles north of the Fort Knox main entrance.


For any information about Fort Duffield not covered here, please e-mail:

FortDuffield@insightbb.com

Also go to: http://www.westpointky.org/tourism.shtml#recreation



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