• 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?

Ulysses S. Grant, Union General

General Ulysses S. Grant never visited Richmond.  The closest he ever came was during the battle of Fort Harrison, eight miles south of the city.