# Fremont's Fort

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/fremonts-fort/

- Kind: Other sites
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.1218, -104.4146 (USGS GNIS point)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Butte in the middle of Bijou Basin; 'legend has it' that John C. Fremont or some of his party climbed it to evade Indians (PPLD record of survey photo B1).

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Summit 193301

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

## Nearby

- [Bijou Basin](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/bijou-basin/): 2.5 mi northwest
- [Bijou Basin fight (Aug. 25, 1868)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/bijou-basin-fight-aug-25-1868/): 2.8 mi north
- [Cheese Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/cheese-ranch/): 5.1 mi southwest
- [St. Mary's Orthodox Church (1932)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/st-marys-orthodox-church-1932/): 6.6 mi east
- [Gomer's Mill](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/gomers-mill/): 7.1 mi west
- [Big Sandy](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/big-sandy/): 7.1 mi east

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.