• Gaines' Mill battlefield -- Watt House area

    Richmond

    National Battlefield Park Virginia

Operating Hours & Seasons

Park battlefields are open sunrise to sunset.

The park visitor center at Historic Tredegar is open daily 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Visitor centers at Chimborazo and Cold Harbor are open daily 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitor centers at Glendale and Fort Harrison will be open this summer from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. five days a week from June through August. (Specific days to be decided.)

The park is closed on the following days: Thanksgiving, December 25, and January 1.

Schedule for Richmond National Battlefield Park -- Spring 2013

Visitor Center / Program Hours

Tredegar Visitor Center:
Open daily 9:00am to 5:00pm
Exhibits, 22-minute film.

Chimborazo Medical Museum:
Open daily 9:00am to 4:30pm, effective March 10, 2013.
Surgical and medical displays, 17 minute film.

Cold Harbor Visitor Center:
Open daily 9:00am to 4:30pm, effective March 10, 2013.
Walking trail, electric map programs.

Glendale/Malvern Hill Visitor Center: Closed for the season

Fort Harrison Visitor Center: Closed for the season

Did You Know?

Carved stone monument at Cold Harbor battlefield

Richmond National Battlefield Park has just three monuments dedicated to specific units:  Wilcox’s Alabama Brigade at Gaines’ Mill; 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery at Cold Harbor; and Parker’s Battery of artillery in Chesterfield County.