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Cedar Creek with sunlight shining through the trees.

NPS/Ann and Rob Simpson

 

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Go for the Day or Stop Along the Way

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park is easy to drive to— just off Interstate 81 on U.S. Highway 11. 

More Than Just a Battlefield

The National Park Service and its partners— public and private organizations— come together to preserve lands of the Shenandoah Valley and to share its rich heritage: 

• Early American Indians and the landscapes they shaped  
• The 18th century arrival of the first German, English, and Scots-Irish colonists 
• A vast plantation with over 100 slaves set amidst small family-run farms 
• The agricultural bounty that fed tens of thousands beyond the Valley  
• A major transportation corridor, with busy modern highways following the routes blazed by American Indians  
• The devastating Civil War campaigns and the Battle of Cedar Creek, which helped ensure the reelection of Abraham Lincoln