Operating Hours & Seasons

Hours of operation vary by season and building. Park buildings are closed on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Visitors can expect reduced hours on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Park grounds are open every day from sunrise to sunset. Please call the park if you are unsure about operating hours or closures.

Please check our Facebook for updates regarding inclement weather or call our Weather & Park Closing hotline at 540-693-3200 ext. 3190.

All programs are weather and staff dependent.

Current Hours of Operation

These hours for the public buildings of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park will remain in effect until further notice. If planning your trip in advance, please check back closer to your visit as hours are subject to change.

Audio tours covering the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House battlefields, each lasting three hours, are available at the visitor center bookstores for rent (with a $20.00 cash deposit) or purchase.

For physical addresses and driving directions, see the Directions & Transportation page.

For additional information, call one of the park visitor centers at 540-693-3200 and either extension 4040 (Fredericksburg) or 4050 (Chancellorsville).

 

Innis House along the Sunken Road at the Fredericksburg Battlefield

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Fredericksburg Battlefield

Visitor Center: Features a 22-minute orientation film offered on the hour and half hour (fee) and exhibits (free).

Open daily: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Cannon at Fairview sighted toward Hazel Grove.

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Chancellorsville Battlefield

Visitor Center: Features a 22-minute orientation film offered on the hour and half hour (fee) and exhibits (free).

Open daily: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

A section of the Gordon Flank Attack trail leads visitors through Saunders' Field, tour stop 2 on the Wilderness Battlefield.

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Wilderness Battlefield

Wilderness Exhibit Shelter: An open-air exhibit shelter is available to help visitors understand the battle.

Ellwood:
Ellwood is closed for the season.
The grounds around Ellwood remain open sunrise to sunset. Park at the Ellwood Manor gate (leaving the gate clear) and talk the .4-mile walk to the grounds.

 

The Bloody Angle witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War.

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Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield

Spotsylvania Exhibit Shelter, An open-air exhibit shelter is available to help visitors understand the battle.

 

Sunset at the "Stonewall" Jackson Death Site, the original office building where the Confederate general died on May 10, 1863.

Larry Stuart

"Stonewall" Jackson Death Site at Guinea Station

Historic building where General Jackson died.
Open 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m, Saturdays and Sundays only, from December 22 through Sunday, February 16, 2020.

Old Salem Church

Historic church which served as a battlefield landmark and field hospital during the Chancellorsville Campaign.

 

Chatham Manor

Photo Credit: Larry Stuart

Chatham Manor

Building open Friday-Monday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Chatham Manor is closed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 7 - February 13. Grounds will remain open when house is closed.
Historic home which served as a field hospital and a Union headquarters during the Civil War.