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Eisenhower National Historic Site
Operating Hours & Seasons

Open daily: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The site is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

Due to a lack of on-site parking and space limitations in the Eisenhower home, visits can only be made by a shuttle bus leaving from the Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center.

2008 Shuttle Bus Departure Schedule:

December 1 - December 31  10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm  House is decorated for Christmas, December 1 - 31.
Dec. 13: Christmas Holiday Reception, buses every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

2009 Shuttle Bus Departure Schedule:

WINTER
January 2 - 4
  10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm
January 5 - January 16  10:00 am, 2 pm
January 17 - 19  10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm
January 20 - February 13  10:00 am, 2 pm
February 14 - March 20  10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm
March 21 - March 22      Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
March 23 - March 27  10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm

SPRING
March 28 - April 17 
Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
April 18- June 12  Weekdays: Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.  
Weekends and Memorial Day: Every half hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

SUMMER
June 13 - August 16
  Every half hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

FALL
August 17 - August 21
  Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
August 22 - August 23  Every half hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
August 24 - September 4  Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
September 5 - October 23  Weekdays: Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Weekends, Labor Day and Columbus Day: Every half hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
(Sept. 19 - 20:  World War II Weekend: buses every 15 minutes and on site parking, weather permitting)
October 24 - October 25
  Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
October 26 - November 29  Weekdays: 10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm. 
Weekends and Fri. after Thanksgiving:  Every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
November 30 - December 31  10:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm
House is decorated for Christmas, December 1 - 31.  Dec. 12: Christmas Holiday Reception, buses every hour, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.



                                        



General Eisenhower  

Did You Know?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower objected to the use of the atomic bomb against Japan contending that its employment was completely unnecessary. He argued that Japan was already virtually defeated and the US should “avoid shocking world opinion.”

Last Updated: December 10, 2008 at 11:09 EST