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Gettysburg National Military Park Attraction Details
Gettysburg National Military Park
http://www.nps.gov/gett
Gettysburg is famous, and justifiably so. In 1863, in this small town in southern Pennsylvania, something happened that profoundly influenced our country's development and shaped our national character. Gettysburg was the site of the bloodiest fight ever to take place on American soil. To this day, the Battle of Gettysburg evokes images of brutal conditions, intense emotions, and divided loyalties. For three days in July, 65,000 Confederate and 90,000 Union soldiers fought in a battle that pitted brother against brother. Considered the turning point of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg holds a unique position in our collective imagination and serves as a potent symbol of America's struggle to survive. Today, Gettysburg is home to the largest battlefield shrine in America. Each year, more than two million people visit Gettysburg National Military Park, which incorporates nearly 6,000 acres and more than 1,400 monuments and memorials.

Address:
97 Taneytown Rd.
Gettysburg, PA 17325

Phone: 717-334-1124

Handicap Access? N




All Accommodations Nearby
Budget Host -Three Crowns Motor Lodge (0.09 Miles)
Quality Inn - Gettysburg Battlefield (0.09 Miles)
Gettysburg Travelodge (0.18 Miles)
Sleepy Hollow of Gettysburg Candlelight Ghost Tours (0.18 Miles)
Econo Lodge - Gettysburg (0.23 Miles)
Holiday Inn - Battlefield (0.24 Miles)
Brickhouse Inn (0.26 Miles)
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (0.38 Miles)
Gaslight (0.5 Miles)
The Gas Light Inn (0.51 Miles)
Brafferton Inn (0.58 Miles)
Keystone Inn (0.75 Miles)
Raphael Inn Bed and Breakfast (0.87 Miles)
Super 8 Motel - Gettysburg (0.89 Miles)
Doubleday Inn (1.12 Miles)
Days Inn - Gettysburg (1.28 Miles)
Holiday Inn Express - Gettysburg (1.29 Miles)
Baladerry Inn at Gettysburg (1.29 Miles)
Country Inn (1.47 Miles)
Herr Tavern (1.69 Miles)
Hampton Inn - Gettysburg (1.99 Miles)

Hotels & Motels Nearby
Colton Motel (0.06 Miles)
Quality Inn Gettysburg (0.07 Miles)
Budget Host Three Crowns Motor Lodge (0.08 Miles)
Budget Host -Three Crowns Motor Lodge (0.09 Miles)
Quality Inn - Gettysburg Battlefield (0.09 Miles)
America's Best Value Inn - Gettysburg (0.1 Miles)
Gettysburg Travelodge (0.18 Miles)
Econo Lodge - Gettysburg (0.23 Miles)
Holiday Inn - Battlefield (0.24 Miles)
Econo Lodge (0.25 Miles)
Inns of the Gettysburg Area (0.27 Miles)
South Ridge Motel (0.79 Miles)
Super 8 Motel - Gettysburg (0.89 Miles)
Quality Inn at General Lee's Headquarters (0.91 Miles)
Comfort Inn - Gettysburg (1.18 Miles)
Days Inn - Gettysburg (1.28 Miles)
Holiday Inn Express - Gettysburg (1.29 Miles)
Hilton Garden Inn - Gettysburg (1.62 Miles)
Hampton Inn Gettysburg (1.95 Miles)
Hampton Inn - Gettysburg (1.99 Miles)
Country Inn and Suites Gettysburg (2.46 Miles)

Tours Nearby
Camp Colt (0.05 Miles)
GettysBike Tours: A Cycles of History Company (0.07 Miles)
Gettysburg Group Reservations (0.08 Miles)
Sleepy Hollow of Gettysburg Candlelight Ghost Tours (0.18 Miles)
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg (0.18 Miles)
Gettysburg Battlefield Bus Tours (0.19 Miles)
Shriver House Museum (0.35 Miles)
Schriver House (0.36 Miles)
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (0.38 Miles)
Moonacre Iron Works (0.55 Miles)
Adams County (0.63 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Pioneer Lines Railroad (0.66 Miles)
Historic Church Walking Tours (0.67 Miles)
Segs in the City (1.24 Miles)
Gettysbrew Restaurant and Brewery (1.7 Miles)

All Dining Nearby
Friendly's Restaurant - Gettysburg (0.13 Miles)
Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen (0.17 Miles)
Avenue Restaurant (0.23 Miles)
Cannonball Olde Tyme Malt Shoppe (0.56 Miles)
Civil-La-Tea (0.57 Miles)
McClellan's Tavern (0.58 Miles)
Dunlap's Restaurant and Bakery (0.67 Miles)
Demetri's Greek and American Restaurant (0.76 Miles)
Herr Tavern (1.69 Miles)
Gettysbrew Restaurant and Brewery (1.7 Miles)

Breweries Nearby
Gettysbrew Restaurant and Brewery (1.7 Miles)
Monfort Farmhouse (1.71 Miles)

Arts & Entertainment Nearby
Arbor House at Gettysburg (0.16 Miles)
Soldier's National Museum in Gettysburg (0.17 Miles)
Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen (0.17 Miles)
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg (0.18 Miles)
Jennie Wade House Museum (0.22 Miles)
Explore and More Hands-On Children's Museum (0.46 Miles)
Gettysburg Brass Band Festival (0.46 Miles)
Antique Center of Gettysburg (0.54 Miles)
Moonacre Iron Works (0.55 Miles)
The Arrow Horse (0.56 Miles)
Gallery 30 (0.57 Miles)
Shakespeare's Hamlet - Aquila Theatre Company of London/New York (0.61 Miles)
Mel's Antiques and Collectibles (0.65 Miles)
Adams County Heritage Festival (0.78 Miles)
Annual Civil War Gettysburg Battle Reenactment (0.8 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Monfort Farmhouse (1.71 Miles)
Eisenhower Christmas (2.04 Miles)
American Crafters (2.33 Miles)
Hartlaub's Antiques (3.18 Miles)
Gettysburg Bike Week (3.28 Miles)

Museums Nearby
American Civil War Museum (0.07 Miles)
Gettysburg Gift Center (0.1 Miles)
Lincoln Train Museum (0.12 Miles)
Soldier's National Museum in Gettysburg (0.17 Miles)
Jennie Wade House Museum (0.22 Miles)
Jennie Wade House (0.23 Miles)
Lincoln Room Museum (0.57 Miles)
Gettysburg Vol. Fire (0.6 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
General Lee's Headquarters (0.89 Miles)
Eisenhower National Historic Site (3.27 Miles)
Boyds Bear Country (3.53 Miles)

Historic Places Nearby
Arbor House at Gettysburg (0.16 Miles)
Soldier's National Museum in Gettysburg (0.17 Miles)
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg (0.18 Miles)
Jennie Wade House Museum (0.22 Miles)
Habitat Located in Three Historic Houses (0.24 Miles)
Luminaria (0.26 Miles)
Schriver House (0.36 Miles)
Adams County Courthouse (0.51 Miles)
Bike the Battlefield (0.55 Miles)
Moonacre Iron Works (0.55 Miles)
"Hike with Ike" Walks (0.7 Miles)
Adams County Heritage Festival (0.78 Miles)
Lutheran Theological Seminary (0.78 Miles)
Annual Civil War Gettysburg Battle Reenactment (0.8 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Adams County Historical Society (0.82 Miles)
Eisenhower Christmas (2.04 Miles)
Battlefield Bed & Breakfast Inn (2.76 Miles)
Eisenhower National Historic Site (3.27 Miles)
Great Conewago Chapel (4.8 Miles)

Historic Towns Nearby
Gettysburg Group Reservations (0.08 Miles)
Soldier's National Museum in Gettysburg (0.17 Miles)
Luminaria (0.26 Miles)
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (0.38 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Adams County Heritage Festival (0.78 Miles)
Lutheran Theological Seminary (0.78 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Eisenhower Christmas (2.04 Miles)
Battlefield Bed & Breakfast Inn (2.76 Miles)
Great Conewago Chapel (4.8 Miles)

History Museums Nearby
American Civil War Museum (0.07 Miles)
Gettysburg Gift Center (0.1 Miles)
Soldier's National Museum in Gettysburg (0.17 Miles)
The Great T Shirt Co. (0.17 Miles)
Arbor House at Gettysburg and R.J. Gibson & Co. Historical Photographers (0.2 Miles)
The Inkwell Autograph Gallery (0.23 Miles)
The House of Bender (0.55 Miles)
Lincoln Room Museum (0.57 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Adams County Historical Society (0.82 Miles)
Eisenhower Christmas (2.04 Miles)
Eisenhower National Historic Site (3.27 Miles)

History Tours Nearby
GettysBike Tours: A Cycles of History Company (0.07 Miles)
American Civil War Museum (0.07 Miles)
Gettysburg Group Reservations (0.08 Miles)
Gettysburg Gift Center (0.1 Miles)
Soldier's National Museum in Gettysburg (0.17 Miles)
Sleepy Hollow of Gettysburg Candlelight Ghost Tours (0.18 Miles)
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg (0.18 Miles)
Jennie Wade House Museum (0.22 Miles)
Jennie Wade House (0.23 Miles)
Habitat Located in Three Historic Houses (0.24 Miles)
Shriver House Museum (0.35 Miles)
Schriver House (0.36 Miles)
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (0.38 Miles)
Bike the Battlefield (0.55 Miles)
Moonacre Iron Works (0.55 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Pioneer Lines Railroad (0.66 Miles)
"Hike with Ike" Walks (0.7 Miles)
Farnsworth Military Gallery (0.76 Miles)
Lutheran Theological Seminary (0.78 Miles)
Annual Civil War Gettysburg Battle Reenactment (0.8 Miles)

Railroads Nearby
Lincoln Train Museum (0.12 Miles)
Pioneer Lines Railroad (0.66 Miles)

Camping Nearby
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Artillery Ridge Camping Resort (0.88 Miles)
Drummer Boy Camping Resort (1.8 Miles)
Round Top Campground (1.94 Miles)
Gettysburg Campground (2.52 Miles)
Gettysburg K.O.A. Kampground (4.74 Miles)

Campgrounds Nearby
Artillery Ridge Camping Resort (0.88 Miles)
Drummer Boy Camping Resort (1.8 Miles)
Round Top Campground (1.94 Miles)
Gettysburg Campground (2.52 Miles)
Gettysburg K.O.A. Kampground (4.74 Miles)
Gettysburg KOA (4.8 Miles)

Shopping Nearby
Gettysburg Gift Center (0.1 Miles)
Country Curiosity Store / Dobbin House Tavern (0.15 Miles)
Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen (0.17 Miles)
The Great T Shirt Co. (0.17 Miles)
Blue and Grey Gift Shop (0.22 Miles)
The Inkwell Autograph Gallery (0.23 Miles)
Gallon Historical Art (0.24 Miles)
Habitat Located in Three Historic Houses (0.24 Miles)
Antique Center of Gettysburg (0.54 Miles)
The House of Bender (0.55 Miles)
Antiques at 17 on the Square (0.56 Miles)
The Arrow Horse (0.56 Miles)
Lord Nelson's Gallery (0.56 Miles)
Just Jennifer Gallery (0.57 Miles)
Gallery 30 (0.57 Miles)
Mel's Antiques and Collectibles (0.65 Miles)
Quilt Patch Village Shoppes (0.73 Miles)
Farnsworth Military Gallery (0.76 Miles)
Bigham's Lighting (0.79 Miles)
American Crafters (2.33 Miles)
Battlefield Harley-Davidson/Buell (2.82 Miles)

Country Markets Nearby
Country Curiosity Store / Dobbin House Tavern (0.15 Miles)
Blue and Grey Gift Shop (0.22 Miles)
The House of Bender (0.55 Miles)
Antiques at 17 on the Square (0.56 Miles)
Quilt Patch Village Shoppes (0.73 Miles)
Caprine Delight Goat Dairy (3.27 Miles)
Brownvalley Farms (4.48 Miles)
An Apple A Day Farm Market (4.54 Miles)
Alloway Creek Gardens (5.56 Miles)
Boyer Nursery and Orchards, Inc. (6.72 Miles)

Gardens & Arboretums Nearby
Alloway Creek Gardens (5.56 Miles)

Antiquing Nearby
Gettysburg Gift Center (0.1 Miles)
The Great T Shirt Co. (0.17 Miles)
The Inkwell Autograph Gallery (0.23 Miles)
Habitat Located in Three Historic Houses (0.24 Miles)
Antique Center of Gettysburg (0.54 Miles)
The House of Bender (0.55 Miles)
Antiques at 17 on the Square (0.56 Miles)
Civil-La-Tea (0.57 Miles)
Mel's Antiques and Collectibles (0.65 Miles)
Bigham's Lighting (0.79 Miles)
Hartlaub's Antiques (3.18 Miles)
Hope Springs Antiques (4.21 Miles)

Monuments Nearby
Camp Colt (0.05 Miles)
Grave of Eddie Plank (0.18 Miles)
Adams County Courthouse (0.51 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Lutheran Theological Seminary (0.78 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Great Conewago Chapel (4.8 Miles)

Diners Nearby
Lincoln Diner (0.63 Miles)

Family Restaurants Nearby
Friendly's Restaurant - Gettysburg (0.13 Miles)
May Flowers Asian Buffet & Restaurant (0.14 Miles)
Avenue Restaurant (0.23 Miles)
Ping's Cafe (0.54 Miles)
The Blue Parrot Bistro (0.56 Miles)
Centuries on the Square (0.57 Miles)
Dunlap's Restaurant and Bakery (0.67 Miles)
Demetri's Greek and American Restaurant (0.76 Miles)
Olivia's (3.76 Miles)

Fine Dining Nearby
Dobbin House Tavern (0.2 Miles)
The Blue Parrot Bistro (0.56 Miles)

Festivals & Fairs Nearby
Gettysburg Brass Band Festival (0.46 Miles)
Adams County Heritage Festival (0.78 Miles)
American Crafters (2.33 Miles)
Gettysburg Bike Week (3.28 Miles)
42ND ANNUAL APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL (5.93 Miles)

Biking Nearby
GettysBike Tours: A Cycles of History Company (0.07 Miles)
Bike the Battlefield (0.53 Miles)
Bike the Battlefield (0.55 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Segs in the City (1.24 Miles)
Gettysburg Bike Week (3.28 Miles)

Driving Tours Nearby
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)

Horseback Riding Nearby
National Riding Stables (0.93 Miles)
Land of Little Horses Farm Park (4.11 Miles)

Accommodations & Dining Nearby
Friendly's Restaurant - Gettysburg (0.13 Miles)
May Flowers Asian Buffet & Restaurant (0.14 Miles)
Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen (0.17 Miles)
Avenue Restaurant (0.23 Miles)
The Gas Light Inn (0.51 Miles)
Ping's Cafe (0.54 Miles)
Cannonball Olde Tyme Malt Shoppe (0.56 Miles)
Ragged Edge Coffeehouse (0.56 Miles)
The Blue Parrot Bistro (0.56 Miles)
Centuries on the Square (0.57 Miles)
Brafferton Inn (0.58 Miles)
McClellan's Tavern (0.58 Miles)
Raphael Inn Bed and Breakfast (0.87 Miles)
Super 8 Motel - Gettysburg (0.89 Miles)
Holiday Inn Express - Gettysburg (1.29 Miles)
Country Inn (1.47 Miles)
The Lightner Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast (2.49 Miles)
Lightner Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast (2.62 Miles)
Battlefield Bed & Breakfast Inn (2.76 Miles)
Battlefield Motel (3.42 Miles)
Cornerstone Farm Bed and Breakfast (3.53 Miles)

Amusement & Theme Parks Nearby
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)

Historical and Genealogical Societies Nearby
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Adams County Historical Society (0.82 Miles)

All Tours Nearby
Gettysburg Group Reservations (0.08 Miles)
Sleepy Hollow of Gettysburg Candlelight Ghost Tours (0.18 Miles)
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg (0.18 Miles)
Jennie Wade House Museum (0.22 Miles)
Farnsworth House Inn (0.31 Miles)
Schriver House (0.36 Miles)
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (0.38 Miles)
Moonacre Iron Works (0.55 Miles)
Annual Civil War Gettysburg Battle Reenactment (0.8 Miles)
General Lee's Headquarters (0.89 Miles)
Segs in the City (1.24 Miles)

National Historic Parks Nearby
Luminaria (0.26 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Annual Civil War Gettysburg Battle Reenactment (0.8 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Eisenhower National Historic Site (3.27 Miles)

Nature & Outdoors Nearby
Bike the Battlefield (0.55 Miles)
Lord Nelson's Gallery (0.56 Miles)
"Hike with Ike" Walks (0.7 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Segs in the City (1.24 Miles)
Lightner Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast (2.62 Miles)
Gettysburg Bike Week (3.28 Miles)

State & National Parks Nearby
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Segs in the City (1.24 Miles)

Haunted Happenings Nearby
Sleepy Hollow of Gettysburg Candlelight Ghost Tours (0.18 Miles)
Ghostly Images of Gettysburg (0.18 Miles)
Farnsworth House Ghost Walks & Mourning Theater (0.27 Miles)
Farnsworth House Inn (0.31 Miles)
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (0.38 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)

Golfing Nearby
Mulligan MacDuffer Adventure Golf (0.85 Miles)
Cedar Ridge Golf Course (3.9 Miles)
The Links at Gettysburg (4.37 Miles)
Quail Valley Golf Course (6.26 Miles)

Galleries Nearby
The Inkwell Autograph Gallery (0.23 Miles)
Gallon Historical Art (0.24 Miles)
Lord Nelson's Gallery (0.56 Miles)
Gallery 30 (0.57 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)

Battlefields Nearby
Lincoln Cemetery (0.35 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)
Lutheran Theological Seminary (0.78 Miles)
Annual Civil War Gettysburg Battle Reenactment (0.8 Miles)
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)
Battlefield Bed & Breakfast Inn (2.76 Miles)
Great Conewago Chapel (4.8 Miles)

Theatre Nearby
Patriot Point/Patriot Point Theater (0.07 Miles)
A. Lincoln Place (0.17 Miles)
Farnsworth House Inn (0.31 Miles)
Gettysburg Stage (0.4 Miles)
Shakespeare's Hamlet - Aquila Theatre Company of London/New York (0.61 Miles)

African American Heritage Nearby
Lincoln Cemetery (0.35 Miles)
St. Paul's AME Zion Church (0.41 Miles)

Lectures & Seminars Nearby
Arbor House at Gettysburg (0.16 Miles)
Luminaria (0.26 Miles)
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours (0.38 Miles)

Music Nearby
Gettysburg Brass Band Festival (0.46 Miles)
Ragged Edge Coffeehouse (0.56 Miles)
The Arrow Horse (0.56 Miles)
Shakespeare's Hamlet - Aquila Theatre Company of London/New York (0.61 Miles)

Kids Nearby
Explore and More Hands-On Children's Museum (0.46 Miles)

Nightlife Nearby
The Arrow Horse (0.56 Miles)

Colleges & Universities Nearby
Academic Camps at Gettysburg College, Civil War Program (0.81 Miles)

Baseball Heritage Nearby
Grave of Eddie Plank (0.18 Miles)

Action Sports Nearby
Segs in the City (1.24 Miles)

County Fairs Nearby
42ND ANNUAL APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL (5.93 Miles)

Cabins Nearby
Lightner Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast (2.62 Miles)

Hiking Nearby
Segs in the City (1.24 Miles)
Lightner Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast (2.62 Miles)

Farm Tours Nearby
Gettysburg Group Reservations (0.08 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)

Resorts Nearby
Eisenhower Hotels, Conference Center & Resort (3.28 Miles)

Mountain Biking Nearby
GettysBike Tours: A Cycles of History Company (0.07 Miles)
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)

Skiing & Winter Sports Nearby
Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (0.64 Miles)

Nature Centers Nearby
Lord Nelson's Gallery (0.56 Miles)

Zoos & Animal Parks Nearby
Land of the Little Horses (4 Miles)


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