• Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    National Battlefield Pennsylvania

Plan Your Visit

Plan 1 1/2 to 2 hrs to see the historic sites in the main unit of the park. Add an hour to visit Braddock's grave and Jumonville Glen sites.

Click on Operating Hours & Seasons to find out when visitor facilities are open. The Fort Necessity park grounds are daily from Sunrise - Sunset, year-round.

 
Entrance to exhibits at Fort Necessity/National Road Interpretive and Education Center
The Fort Necessity/National Road Interpretive and Education Center features exhibits that immerse visitors in the sites and sounds of 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania.
 

What's at Fort Necessity?
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A two minute video to help you know what to expect when you visit Fort Necessity National Battlefield.

Did You Know?

George Washington

Before the battle at Fort Necessity, George Washington wrote that the meadow would be “a charming field for an Encounter”.  After the skirmish at Jumonville Glen he wrote there was “something charming in sound” of bullets.  After his defeat at Fort Necessity he never again refers to war as charming. More...