• Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    National Battlefield Pennsylvania

Laws & Policies

Firearms in National Parks

The law governing possession of firearms inside a national park changed on February 22, 2010.

Visitors may possess firearms within a national park unit provided they comply with federal, state, and local laws.

The role of the responsible gun owner is to know and obey the federal, state, and local laws appropriate to the park they are visiting.

Please remember that federal law prohibits firearms in certain park facilities and buildings. These places are marked with signs at public entrances.

For more information please visit www.nps.gov/nero/firearms/

The Superintendent's Compendium contains rules and regulations for Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site.

It includes information about closures and restrictions on collecting items from within the parks.

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Did You Know?

Mount Washington Tavern

It is estimated there was about one tavern every mile on the National Road. There were different classes of taverns on the road. Stagecoach taverns, wagon stands, and drovers’ inns among them. All taverns regardless of class offered three basic things; food, drink, and lodging.