• Cannon and Cornfield at Dawn

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

Directions

Regional Map of the area around Antietam National Battlefield
Area Map
 

Click for larger printable pdf version of the area map.


The Visitor Center address is 5831 Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD 21782


Traveling East on Interstate 70:

Exit 29A onto Rt. 65 south. Ten miles south on the left is the Visitor Center.

Traveling West on Interstate 70 from the Baltimore/Washington area:

Exit 29 onto Rt. 65 South towards Sharpsburg. Travel about 10 miles south to the Park Visitor Center entrance which will be on your left side.

Optional Route: Exit 49 onto Alternate Rt. 40 West towards Middletown. Continue through Middletown, over South Mountain to Boonsboro. Turn left onto Rt. 34 to Sharpsburg. When you enter town, turn right (north) onto Rt. 65 and the Park Visitor Center will be on your right a mile north of Sharpsburg.

Traveling North-South on Interstate 81:

Exit 1, Rt. 68, six miles east to Rt. 65. Turn RIGHT at light on Rt. 65. Five miles south on the left is the Visitor Center.

APPROXIMATE DISTANCES FROM ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD:

Baltimore 65 miles

Washington 70 miles

Frederick, MD 23 miles

Hagerstown, MD 10 miles

Harpers Ferry National Historic Park 17 miles

Gettysburg National Battlefield 60 miles

Manassas National Battlefield 65 miles

Did You Know?

William McKinley as a soldier and president.

William McKinley served at Antietam as a Commissary Sergeant in the 23rd Ohio Infantry before becoming the nation’s 25th President. A monument to him at Antietam was dedicated in his memory on October 13, 1903, two years after he was assassinated.