Visitor Center

In the Visitor Center you can view a 12-minute audiovisual program about the battle, see Revolutionary War weapons such as the Brown Bess musket, Highland pistol, broadsword, and a half-pound swivel gun, and get information on the Patriot and Loyalist militia. Also located in the visitor center is a bookstore and gift shop. The sales area can accommodate only 10 students at a time when shopping the bookstore and gift shop.

Rest rooms and water fountains are located outside of the visitor center in a separate building. A drink machine is located next to the restrooms.

Moores Creek has two handicapped accessible walking trails. The History Trail is about 1 mile in length, and follows, for a short distance, the old Negro Head Point Road. This is a historic road Loyalists used during the battle. A boardwalk crosses Moores Creek and takes you to the West Bank where the Patriots camped first. The West Bank also provides the Loyalists' view of the bridge as they moved up the road.

Crossing the bridge, you approach the earthworks. While standing in the encampment area you can view the bridge from the Patriots' side.

The Tarheel Trail is .3 miles in length and explains the production of naval stores, such as tar, pitch, turpentine, and rosin, which are the products of longleaf pine trees. The British needed naval stores to maintain the wooden ships in their Navy. Naval stores were the chief industry in this region during the American Revolution.

On the history trail, six monuments honor events and people connected to the site. The first is the Stage Road Monument, marking Negro Head Point Road. Loyalists, coming from Cross-Creek (Fayetteville), used this road to travel to Fort Brunswick where they were to meet British forces. The second monument, The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, recognizes the bridge and causeway where the battle was fought. The Patriot Monument honors the Patriot militia and John Grady, the only Patriot to die as a result of the battle. The Loyalist Monument honors the soldiers "who did their duty as they saw it." The Moore Monument honors the first president of the Moores Creek Battleground Association. Finally The Women's Monument honors the Women of the Lower Cape Fear Region who helped with the Patriot cause.

At the end of Patriots Hall Drive, is the picnic area with outdoor tables and an open-air shelter. Adjacent to the picnic shelter is a large grassy area, water fountain, and restrooms. The picnic shelter and tables are available on first come, first served basis.

Patriots Hall Education Complex and Musket Firing Range

Patriots Hall can accommodate up to 250 people for the interpretive program. The musket firing range is located behind Patriots Hall.

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 22-Dec-2004 09:42:16 Eastern Standard Time
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