Things To Do

Start at the Visitor Center, where park rangers and volunteers can help plan your visit.

Get four different cancellation stamps by visiting NPS and partner sites at Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP.

The Junior Ranger program helps kids explore, learn about, and protect Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. Anyone can become a Junior Ranger by completing activities during a visit to the park.

Belle Grove offers guests inspiring tours of the region's premier authentic antebellum plantation. Tours last 45 minutes to one hour. Tickets for tours do not require advanced reservations.

The Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation Museum and Visitor Center building houses its exhibits, book and gift shop, and visitor services.

Follow the Battle of Cedar Creek on a self-guided driving tour, from where the Confederate soldiers surprised the sleeping Federal camps in the foggy dawn of October 19, 1864 to the final counterattack late that afternoon. This 17.5-mile tour has 9 stops.

Follow the Battle of Cedar Creek on a self-guided driving tour, from where the Confederate soldiers surprised the sleeping Federal camps in the foggy dawn of October 19, 1864 to the final counterattack late that afternoon. This 17.5-mile tour has 9 stops.

Belle Grove offers guests inspiring tours of the region's premier authentic antebellum plantation. Tours last 45 minutes to one hour. Tickets for tours do not require advanced reservations.

The three trails combined are 1.7 miles long. All three are on national park land. Pick up a free trail guide at the trail entrances or at the Visitor Center. The guide follows numbered stops marked on the trails.

Woodland trails follow a line of trenches built by the US 19th Corps in the fall of 1864. They connect the 128th New York Monument with Belle Grove Plantation. Remnants of trenches and earthworks are still visible along the trails. The trails are on lands managed by Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation (CCBF) and Belle Grove, Inc. 

Belle Grove’s expert volunteer docents and staff lead guided tours of the 1797 Manor House. Guided tours typically last between 45 minutes and one hour. Self-guided brochures of the grounds and outdoor signs interpret the property.

The Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation Museum and Visitor Center building houses its exhibits, book and gift shop, and visitor services.

Talks and presentations uncover emerging discoveries and stories of enslaved and free African Americans. These stories help us uncover a rich and inclusive cultural history of the Shenandoah Valley.

The National Park Service offers ranger-led programs from April to October. Topics may include the peopling and rich cultural history of the Shenandoah Valley, including the Civil War and Battle of Cedar Creek. 

Gaze at the heavens with the National Park Service and the Shenandoah Astronomical Society (SAS). Telescopes are provided, or you may bring your own. SAS members can teach you how to use it. Bring camp chairs or blankets.

The Strasburg Museum at Hupp's Hill, inside the Strasburg Visitor and Information Center, displays local history exhibits alongside battlefield artifacts from the Kehoe collection. The museum exhibits and films in the theater tell of the war-torn Shenandoah Valley of 1864: battles fought by soldiers and hardships endured by civilians.

Follow the Battle of Cedar Creek on a self-guided driving tour, from where the Confederate soldiers surprised the sleeping Federal camps in the foggy dawn of October 19, 1864 to the final counterattack late that afternoon. This 17.5-mile tour has 9 stops.

The three trails combined are 1.7 miles long. All three are on national park land. Pick up a free trail guide at the trail entrances or at the Visitor Center. The guide follows numbered stops marked on the trails.