News Release

New Parking Measures at Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center Take Effect on April 1, 2023

Museum and Visitor Center Alternate Parking Plan Map.

NPS Map

News Release Date: March 14, 2023

Contact: Jason Martz

GETTYSBURG, PA. – Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP) announces new parking measures will take effect at the Museum and Visitor Center on April 1, 2023. These measures are necessary due to the ongoing road construction on Visitor Center Drive from Taneytown Road to the Visitor Center.

NOTE: Parking staff will be onsite to direct visitors to the closest available parking area at the time of their arrival.

Visitors will proceed to the next available parking lot, depending on weather conditions. Please see attached map for more details.If recent, and current, weather conditions have been DRY, visitors will follow these directions:
 

1. Visitors will be able to park in the main Museum and Visitor Center parking lot. This lot is referred to as Lot

2. When Lot 1 fills up, visitors will be directed to the adjacent Bus parking lot (Lot 2).

3. When the Bus parking lot (Lot 2) fills up, visitors will be directed to the grass lots at the corner of Hunt Avenue and Taneytown Road (Lot 3a) and along Taneytown Road (Lot 3b). Visitors will be able to access the Museum and Visitor Center via the walking path that begins at the corner of Hunt Avenue and Taneytown Road.

4. When the two grass lots fill up, visitors will be directed to park at the Gettysburg National Cemetery parking lot (Lot 4) along Taneytown Road. Visitors will be able to access the Museum and Visitor Center via the walking path that connects the National Cemetery parking lot to the walking path that begins at the corner of Hunt Avenue and Taneytown Road.

5. When the Gettysburg National Cemetery parking lot (Lot 4) fills up, visitors will be encouraged to park along the entire stretch of Hancock Avenue from the Pennsylvania Memorial to the Gettysburg National Cemetery parking lot. Visitors will be able to access the Museum and Visitor Center via the walking path that connects Hancock Avenue near the High Water Mark, Auto Tour Stop 16, down the ridge to the Lydia Lyster house, to the walking path that begins at the corner of Hunt Avenue and Taneytown Road.

A free shuttle bus will run between the Museum and Visitor Center, the Hunt Avenue grass lot (Lot 3a), the Gettysburg National Cemetery parking lots (Lot 4), and back to the Museum and Visitor Center. The shuttle will operate on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm ONLY. During wet conditions, the shuttle will bypass Lot 3a along Hunt Avenue. 

If recent, and current, weather conditions have been WET, ONLY paved parking areas will be available, to include Lots 1, 2, 4, and Hancock Avenue.

These parking measures will continue until the Visitor Center Drive construction project from Taneytown Road to the Visitor Center is completed this summer.