Parks as Classrooms: Field Trip Programs

 

Our Fall 2025 Field Trip Season is from September 29--November 14, 2025
Our Spring 2026 Field Trip Season is from March 23--May 22, 2026.

If you would like to be included on our mailing list to receive our Education Handbook for the 2025-2026 school year, kindly send an email to [e-mail]

 

Plan your Field Trip with Sample Itineraries

 

Step #1: Choose your program

 

Field Trip Options

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  Book-To-Life

  Select a book for a park ranger to read and then explore its real-life battlefield setting. Grades K-3

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  Join the Army

  Experience the life of a soldier with this interactive and hands on program. Grades 2 – 9

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  Slyder Family Farm

  Experience what life was like on a 19th century farm, then discover how civilians felt when the war came to their doorstep. Grades 3-8

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  Artillery & Teamwork

  Loading and firing a civil war cannon took teamwork and courage. Do you have what it takes? Grades 3-12

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  Round Tops

  Hike in the footsteps of the 15th Alabama Infantry. Follow in their quest to take Little Round Top. Grades 4-12

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  Reverse Pickett's Charge

  Walk in the footsteps of soldiers who fought here. Discuss how this event is remembered today. Grades 4-12

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  Field Hospital

  Become a civil war soldier or surgeon and discover advances in medical science during the Civil War. Grades 5-12

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  Fallen Soldiers

  Understand the cost of war and the significance of the speech that changed world history. Grades 7-12

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  Distance Learning

  Virtual Field Trips

  Can't make it to Gettysburg? Let us bring Gettysburg into your classroom. Learn about all of our virtual field trips here. All Grades

 

Please Note: All programs and procedures are subject to change.

 

Step #2: Fill in this form

 

Field Trip Request Form

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING FORM(S):

Programs are scheduled Monday through Friday. We present two programs each morning, and two each afternoon with start times at 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (alternate start times will be considered).

If you are scheduling for more than one class and/or over several days, please submit one request for each morning (two classes) and one request for each afternoon (two classes) that you plan to bring students to Gettysburg and include several alternative dates. Be sure to indicate a program selection for each class. Pay close attention to the recommended grades for each program, as well as the minimum and maximum number of students for each.

Each class is allowed one program per year; consider supplementing your ranger program with teacher-led History Labs!


Fall Season (Sept. 29-Nov. 14) Processed as received.

Spring Season (March 23-May 22) Processed in late September.

 

NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/30/2025

Learning Accommodations

Does anyone in your group need any accommodations?

Yes No

If yes, describe the accommodation need.

Next Step

School / Organization Contact Information

School / Organization Name (required)

Name of Requester/Contact Person (required)

Title / Position (required)

Contact Email Address (required)

Contact Phone Number (required)
123-456-7890 extension if any

Contact Mailing Address Country

I have a US mailing address

I have a mailing address outside the US

International Mailing Address (required)
Please include building number and street, city, state/province country and Postal Code

Mailing Address (required)

City (required)

State (required)

Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas Armed Forces - Americas Armed Forces - Europe Armed Forces - Pacific California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

ZIP (required)
Five digit ZIP code [99999]

Next Step

Group Details - Park Visit/ Field Trip

Name of Primary Contact Visiting if Different Than Above (optional)

Title / Position of Primary Contact if Different Than Above (optional)

Email Address of Primary Contact if Different Than Above (optional)

Phone Number of Primary Contact if Different Than Above (optional)
Format: 123-456-7890

Program Name or Subject Requested/Self-Guided

Grade Level(s) of Students (required)

Number of Staff / Chaperones (required)

Number of Students (required)

Preferred Date of Visit (required)
format mmddyyyy

My preferred date has been confirmed by the park (required)

Yes No

Preferred Program Start Time (required)

Alternative Date(s) (required)
Enter one or more dates .

Anticipated Arrival Time (required)

Anticipated Departure Time (required)

Mode of Transportation (required)

Disclaimer:

A park representative will follow-up to confirm group details once this request has been received and reviewed.

Submit my Education Reservation Request

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NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021)
National Park Service

OMB Control No. 1024-0228
Expiration Date 11/31/2025

Notices

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: Public Law 114-289 National Park Service Centennial Act and 54 U.S.C. 100701 Protection, interpretation, and research in System.

Purpose: To administer education programs for education audiences including but not limited to school groups, scouting groups, extracurricular groups, and home school groups.

Routine Uses: To effectively manage requests for education received by the NPS, the Education Reservation Request Form is used to collect basic education reservation information to facilitate operational aspects of scheduling groups for park education programs, including in-park education programs, ranger in classroom programs, and/or online distance learning programs.

Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested information may impede the ability to grant your education reservation request.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to provide park managers and educators the information needed to schedule and conduct education program activities. All applicable parts of the form must be completed in order for your request to be considered. You are not required to respond to this or any other Federal agency-sponsored information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned control number 1024-0288.

Estimated Burden Statement

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Do not send your completed form to this address.