The Atlas Obscura Guide To Fort Sumner

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Updated July 10, 2021

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Unusual Attractions in Fort Sumner

The actual tombstone of Billy the Kid

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Grave of Billy the Kid

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner.

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Bosque Redondo Memorial

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

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