Current Park Conditions
For park, visitor center, and trail operating hours, please see Basic Information or Operating Hours and Seasons.
For park shuttle bus operating hours, please see Getting Around or Operating Hours and Seasons.
Park Areas Currently Closed
Beginning Monday, July 27, 2026, the Goodloe Byron Memorial Footbridge, which provides access to the Maryland Heights Trail from Harpers Ferry, will be CLOSED for construction to improve the stairway. While the trail remains open, access will be challenging. Please consider other trails.
Multiple areas are closed or altered due to conditions or maintenance and preservation work.
- Schoolhouse Ridge South trail partially closed - the southern loop of the Schoolhouse Ridge South trail is closed due to sinkholes.
- The Lower Town Information Center is not currently staffed by rangers. However, maps and information are available at the "Place in Time" exhibit space.
- Temporary closure of exhibit spaces - the following exhibit spaces are closed:
- Master Armorer's Quarters
- Black Voices/African American History
- Civil War Museum
- Harper House
Park Areas Currently Open
- The Visitor Center, hiking trails, and parking lots are all currently open.
- The following Lower Town exhibit spaces are currently open:
- Allies for Freedom
- A Place in Time
- Boarding House
- A. Burton Fine Watch Repair/Burton Jewelry Store
- Confectionery
- Dry Goods Store
- Industry Museum
- John Brown's Fort
- John Brown Museum
- Provost Marshal's Office
- Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry
- Philip Frankel & Co./Ready-Made Clothing
- Reading an Old Building - archeology exhibit
- Storer College & the Niagara Movement
- White Hall Tavern
- 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry
