Gettysburg National Military Park Transportation Tips by Geoff_Wright Top 5 Page for this destination

How to Get Around the Battlefield

There are several ways of exploring Gettysburg National Military Park. You can drive yourself, take a tour bus, or even walk.

I suppose most people will drive their own vehicles around the Battlefield, and that may be the easiest and quickets way to see most things. We met Kent in the car park at the Visitors' Center, which, by the way, doesn't seem very large. We left our rental car in the car park, and decanted into Kent's vehicle, rather than have more vehicles travelling around than are really necessary.

There are tour buses, that will take you around the site. I will find out more about these, and update this tip soon; prices timings and so on.

And, of course, for the fitter tourists, there's no reason why you can't see everything on foot. Mind you, you will need to plan your trip beforehand - it's a long way around from start to finish. On a nice day, I would think that would be the best way to see everything, and get a 'feeling' of what it could have been like for those who were involved in the battles. From the picture here, from Little Round Top, you can appreciate the vastness of the open countryside, dotted here and there with woods.

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The Good Old Horse!

Almost time to leave Gettysburg, for the drive to Fairfax VA. Mary has to chat to a lady carriage-driver before we can leave. This looks a pleasant way to travel around the Town, but it won't take you around the Battlefield. Although the town was busy (it was a Sunday afternoon), there didn't appear to be much custom.

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