Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park • Virginia

Sunrise over Belle Grove

Image of the Heater House

Ranger giving kids Program

Visitors watching a ranger program at Belle Grove

Ranger presenting program on top of the Massanutten Moutain.

Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley has a long and rich heritage that still inspires today. Native Americans first shaped the land, followed by colonists and settlers. The fertile valley became an important wheat-growing region in the 1800s. It also witnessed dramatic Civil War campaigns, including the Battle of Cedar Creek, a decisive Federal victory that helped bring the war to an end.

Sunrise over Belle Grove
NPS Photo/Buddy Secor

The Heater House
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Ranger Jeff presenting a kids program.
NPS Photo

Ranger Shannon presents Cedar Creek and Belle Grove in a Box.
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Ranger presenting program at Signal Knob.
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The rising sun lights the clouds over an antebellum stone mansion with a white portico.

Belle Grove Plantation

Tour the 1797 Manor House learn about the plantation owners and enslaved workers alike.

Sun shines through trees onto a trail exhibit sign and a bench.

Follow Trenches on the 19th Corps Trail

Woodland trails follow a line of trenches built by the US 19th Corps in the fall of 1864.

Children's hands explore replica artifacts of soldiers' belongings.

Learn, Grow, & Go

Fourth grade teachers can book rangers to visit their classrooms or field trips to Belle Grove.

Marble monument inside an iron fence.

Tour Cedar Creek Battlefield

Discover the 8th Vermont Monument and other key battlefield locations.

National Park Service ranger talks to a group of visitors under a large tree.

Information about ranger-led programs and events.

Last updated: September 7, 2025

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