Touring the Park

Begin your tour at the Visitor Center
Pick up the park map, stamp your National Parks Passport, and find out what's going on today at Valley Forge. Staff and volunteers are available to assist you and help plan your visit.

The Visitor Center is also home to the park's museum collection and contains exhibits pertaining to the 1777-1778 winter encampment and the Revolutionary War, and the cultural and natural history at Valley Forge. Just next door in the park theater, plays an 18-minute orientation film, "Valley Forge: A Winter Encampment," shown daily at 9:30am and at the top of the hour from 10am- 4pm.

 

Self-Guided Driving Tour: The Encampment Tour
Valley Forge Park has nine major tour stops that follow the 10-mile Encampment Tour Route. This driving tour can take anywhere from 20 minutes to upwards of 2 hours depending on how often you stop. The tour takes you past some of the most scenic views of the park and to many historic monuments and sites. Follow the red line on the park map and the green and yellow signs (right). A 60-minute CD audio tour is available for purchase in The Encampment Store and online.

 

Ranger-led Walking Tours
Guided walks with a Park Ranger are available daily in the summer and on weekends in the spring and fall. These 40-minute tours travel 1/4 mile from the theater to the Muhlenberg Brigade Huts and cover various topics from the Valley Forge winter encampment and the American Revolution. At the end of the walk, visitors can discover what camp life was like by touring the huts and surrounding historic area of the Muhlenberg Brigade.

 

Trolley Tours
Hop aboard an old-fashioned trolley and enjoy a 90-minute guided tour of Valley Forge. Tours depart from the front of the Visitor Center and make extended stops at the Muhlenberg Brigade Huts and Washington's Headquarters.

Tour Prices:
$16.50: Adults
$13.50: Students, seniors (62 & over) and active military
$8.50: Children (11 & under)

Schedule:
Tours available daily during the summer and weekends in the spring and fall. Special holiday tours available Thanksgiving weekend and between the Christmas and New Years holidays.
Call The Encampment Store at 610-783-1074 to reserve tickets and additional dates and information.

 

Step On Tours
Planning a group bus trip to Valley Forge? The Encampment Store will help you and your guests experience and explore the history, personal stories and landscape of one of our nation's most significant Revolutionary War period sites.

Our official National Park Service-trained tour guides will board your bus and lead your group through an enlightening and entertaining tour of the Park. Tours are approximately two hours and include stops at the soldier huts at the Muhlenberg Brigade Huts and the original house that was once General Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge.

Reservations for "The Official Valley Forge National Historical Park Tour" are required. For more information about the tours, available times and fees or to make a reservation, please contact The Encampment Store at 610-783-1074 or [e-mail]

 

Cell Phone Tours
Valley Forge National Historical Park is full of great stories. Now, simply hear them come to life 24/7 from the convenience of your own cell phone. It's easy! Call 484-396-1018. The tour is free, but you will use your own cell phone service and minutes.

Download the tour directory or pick one up at the Visitor Center.
También disponible en español en 484-396-1015.

 

Bicycle Rentals and Tours
Tour Valley Forge on two wheels! The park contains 21 miles of authorized biking trails, including the paved multi-use Joseph Plumb Martin Trail (about 5 miles). Valley Forge also connects to longer regional trails, such as the Schuylkill River Trail, that provide nearly 100 miles of riding. Valley Forge Bike Rental is located in the lower parking lot of the Visitor Center and is open daily during the summer season and weekends during the spring and fall.
Contact Valley Forge Bike Rental at 610-783-4593 and visit them on Facebook.

Guided tours via bicycle are offered through The Encampment Store. Participants can use their own equipment or rent a bike at a special discount.
Contact Graham at The Encampment Store for more information, 610-783-1062.