Accessibility

Two all-terrain wheelchairs at Henry Hill.

NPS Photo

Henry Hill Visitor Center

The main visitor center for Manassas National Battlefield Park is located at:
6511 Sudley Rd
Manassas, VA 20109

Parking

There is a large parking lot in front of the visitor center.

• 6 accessible parking spaces
• a pedestrian aisle in the middle of the parking spaces that crosses the parking lot to the visitor center

Entrance

Down the sidewalk, to the right of the stairs leading up to the entrance of the visitor center, there is a ramp. At the top of the ramp, to the right of the doors, there is a button to activate the power-assisted doors.

Restrooms

Restrooms are in the basement of the visitor center. Restrooms are accessed two ways:

• via a flagstone sidewalk that wraps around the left side of the visitor center to a ramp at the back of the building, or
• via a stairway from the first floor of the Visitor Center. There is no elevator to the basement.

Information Desk

Upon entering the building, the information desk is located on the left side of the main room.  Staff are available to answer questions.

Museum Exhibits and Battle Map Program

All of the exhibits are on the first floor of the visitor center. There are tactile reproduction artillery shells and equipment in the lobby and visitors may examine the many original artillery pieces displayed on the field.

The map program is captioned.

Park Film

The 45-minute film, Manassas: End of Innocence, is captioned and audio described. Devices for audio description or assistive listening are available upon request from the information desk. Space for wheelchairs is reserved at the front and rear of the auditorium.

Wheelchairs for Loan

If you are interested in borrowing a wheelchair, please talk to the staff at the information desk.

Standard wheelchair

A wheelchair is available for free for use inside the visitor center and adjacent paved areas immediately outside the building.

All-Terrain Wheelchairs

Two manually-propelled all-terrain wheelchairs are available for daily use on the Henry Hill section of the battlefield.

Large Print

“The Manassas Story” is available in large print from the information desk.

Ranger Programs

Talks and short walking tours are scheduled daily in the immediate vicinity of the visitor center. Ramps from the visitor center provide access to Henry Hill which is fairly level near the visitor center and suitable for wheelchair or mobility device use when the ground is dry.

Assisted listening devices are available upon request.

Other Locations

Park Headquarters at Stuarts Hill

• 2 accessible parking spaces
• mostly flat and level walkway to park headquarters and the restrooms
• The restrooms are accessible.
• There is a ramp leading to the picnic area behind the building.

Brownsville Picnic Area

Located in the south western portion of the park and has a large parking lot, restrooms (with accessible stalls), and a covered pavilion with picnic tables with extended tops, and a trail.

Brownsville Picnic Area Trail

This 0.25-mile trail is a gently rolling paved path that loops around the edge of the picnic area, through fields, by a stream, past a small pond with a dock, and back to the pavilion.

Driving Tour

CDs are available for sale from the bookstore for self-guided driving tour of the Second Manassas battlefield. Free park brochures with maps and information about the various points of interest on the driving tour are available from the information desk.

Trails

Stone Bridge Trail

A paved path connects the designated accessible parking spaces to a viewpoint looking out over Stone Bridge. The path is wide and mostly flat and level. The path continues down to the bridge itself, but becomes very steep.

Chinn Ridge Trail

This trail is relatively level and has a surface of compacted dirt. The trail extends along the crest of Chinn Ridge from the accessible parking spaces at Hazel Plain past the Fletcher Webster Memorial Stone. Several interpretive markers focusing on the Second Battle of Manassas are along this trail.

Stone House Trail

A short paved path from the accessible parking space in the Stone House parking lot leads to a wayside looking at the Stone House. The grounds immediately around the house are mostly level and compacted dirt and grass. When conditions are dry those using wheelchairs and mobility devices may be able to navigate over the natural ground.

Brawner Farm Trail

A paved path provides access to the Brawner Farm from the accessible parking spaces in the newly opened parking area off Pageland Lane.

Service Animals

In October 2018, the National Park Service (NPS) issued a policy memorandum regarding the use of service animals by persons with disabilities in national parks. The revised policy aligns the NPS policy with the standards established by the Department of Justice and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Dogs classified as service animals are individually trained to perform a specific task that assists a person with a disability. Service dogs are legally permitted anywhere that visitors can go. They must be allowed wherever visitors are allowed.

Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability.

Emotional support, therapy, and companion animals are not service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), they have not been trained to provide a task directly related to a disability. Emotional support animals are considered to be a pet.

Service dogs-in-training are not service animals under ADA but are considered pets. Pets must abide by the Individual Park Pet Regulations.

Additional Information

For more information contact visitor services at 703-361-1339.