Start your visit at the National Park Service's Visitor Center in Middletown, Virginia. Pick up maps and a Junior Ranger activity book. Plan your visit with a park ranger or volunteer. See exhibits to learn about the settlement and agricultural history of the Shenandoah Valley as well as its role as an important theater of war during the Civil War.
Physical Address
7712 Main Street Middletown, VA22645
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 700 Middletown, VA22645
Take exit 302 off Interstate 81 to Middletown. Turn to US Route 11 and head south. The Visitor Center is at 7712 Main Street in Middletown Courts Plaza, a strip mall on US Route 11.
Current Hours (Winter Hours)
November 1–April 30
Sunday:10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Monday-Thursday:Closed
Friday and Saturday:10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Standard Hours
Sunday:9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Monday and Tuesday:Closed
Wednesday-Saturday:9:00 AM–4:30 PM
The Visitor Center is open during its standard hours, Wednesdays through Sundays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., from May 1 through October 31, 2024. It may be open fewer hours and days per week in winter.
A ranger helps a couple plan their visit Ann & Rob Simpson
The NPS has a visitor center for Cedar Creek & Belle Grove in Middletown, Va. NPS Photo
Animated map of Cedar Creek Battlefield Ann & Rob Simpson
Faces of the Valley, part of the exhibits at the Visitor Center Ann & Rob Simpson
Belle Grove Welcome Center
Visitors to Belle Grove Plantation enter at the Beverly B. Shoemaker Welcome Center. Welcome Center hours include the museum shop and grounds of Belle Grove Plantation. Tickets to tour the Manor House are for sale in the museum shop.
Physical Address
336 Belle Grove Road Middletown, VA22645
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 537 Middletown, VA22645
Belle Grove Plantation is one mile south of Middletown, Virginia, just off US Route 11 (US-11). From Interstate 66, take Interstate 81 north to exit 302 (Route 627). Go west on Route 627 to US-11 in Middletown. Turn left to travel south on US-11. After passing through Middletown, follow US-11 one mile south to Belle Grove Road and turn right.
Sunday:1:00 PM–5:00 PM
Monday-Saturday:10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Guided tours occur daily from mid-March through October. Plantation grounds and trails are open sunrise to sunset year-round.
Closures & Seasonal Exceptions
Closed for the Winter
January 2–March 15
Every Day:Closed
Belle Grove Plantation closes for the winter at the end of December. It reopens in mid March.
Closed Easter Sunday
April 20–April 20
Every Day:Closed
December Hours
December 6–December 31
Sunday:1:00 PM–5:00 PM
Monday-Thursday:10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Friday and Saturday:10:00 AM–8:00 PM
Closed Christmas Eve & Day
December 24–December 25
Every Day:Closed
Belle Grove Plantation is closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25.
The welcome center at Belle Grove is in the restored 1918 barn. Ann & Rob Simpson
Belle Grove Plantation from Signal Knob Ann & Rob Simpson
Front lawn of the 1797 Manor House Belle Grove, Inc.
CCBF Museum & Visitor Center
Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation (CCBF) Museum and Visitor Center overlooks picturesque views of Belle Grove Plantation, Cedar Creek Battlefield, and Allegheny Mountain sunsets. Plan your battlefield visit at the welcome desk. A shop offers book selections, souvenirs, locally made artisan crafts, and reproduction 19th century items. Exhibits feature artifacts from the Civil War and mid 1800s Shenandoah Valley. The building also hosts CCBF's digital media center, research library, and conference area.
Physical Address
8437 Valley Pike Middletown, VA22645
Mailing Address
8437 Valley Pike Middletown, VA22645
CCBF Museum & Visitor Center is one mile south of Middletown on US Route 11 (US-11). From Interstate 81 (I-81) take exit 302, travel west on Route 627 to US-11 in Middletown, then travel south. From Interstate 66 take exit 1A to I-81 South, then take exit 298 for US-11 toward Strasburg, then turn right to follow US-11 north.
Sunday and Monday:10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Tuesday and Wednesday:Closed
Thursday-Saturday:10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Open Thursdays through Mondays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
CCBF Museum & Visitor Center Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation
Strasburg Visitor & Information Center
Strasburg Visitor and Information Center is private land managed as a park by the Town of Strasburg. The Strasburg Museum at Hupp's Hill, inside the visitor center, displays local history exhibits. Woodland trails pass earthwork fortifications left behind from the Civil War's Shenandoah Valley campaigns. It is a site on the Virginia Cave and Karst Trail.
Physical Address
33229 Old Valley Pike Strasburg, VA22657
Mailing Address
33229 Old Valley Pike Strasburg, VA22657
Every Day:10:00 AM–4:00 PM
The Strasburg Visitor Center at Hupp's Hill is open daily.
