Alt Text Map of Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. The park, shown in green, is shaped like a blocky, elongated and bent oval, sitting northeast of the winding Potomac River. A tour route spans the park from top to bottom, and Antietam Creek snakes through much of the park. Extended Description A narrow sliver of West Virginia cuts across the map’s bottom left edge. A few small park sites, shown in green, sit along a main road outside of the park area. This description will first note the sites around the park and will follow the tour route through the main park area, noting the historic sites and trails throughout. A transcription of the legend will follow. Around the Park State Route 34 stretches from the top right corner of the map, roughly diagonally across the park’s middle, over the Potomac River and off the lower right side. Text near the road at the top of the map reads “To Alternate U.S. Highway 40 and Boonsboro” and text near the bottom reads “To Shepherdstown, West Virginia.” Along the Potomac River’s curve and the Maryland-West Virginia border is the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. River Road runs below the river, and Canal Road runs above. Two gray lines crossing the river are labeled “Pack Horse Ford (formerly Blackford’s Ford), Historic route to Shepherdstown.” The three smaller park sites all sit on State Route 3, which is outside the main park area. Near the Potomac River, a small green square marks Ferry Hill. Close to the main park, near Sharpsburg, a small green square marks the site of Lee’s headquarters. Northeast of the main park, between the road, which is also labeled Shepherdstown Pike, and Antietam Creek is Pry House Medical Museum (McLellan’s headquarters). Through the Park From the top corner of the park, Sharpsburg Pike, also labeled State Route 65, runs along much of the park’s western edge, stopping as it meets State Route 34. Two chunks of the park sit on the other side of Sharpsburg Pike with one along Mondell Road in Nicodemus Heights and one along the same road that goes around Hauser Ridge. The tour route is represented as a blue line with 10 stops throughout the park that sit near historic sites. Historic buildings that are closed to the public are labeled with green text. The tour starts next to the Visitor Center, near the park’s western edge and Hauser Ridge. The Visitor Center has restrooms, and then stop 1 is Dunker Church, on Hagerstown Pike (historic), near the Maryland Monument. Continuing up the pike near the top boundary is stop 2, North Woods, which has the J. Poffenberger Farm and the J. Poffenberger Farmhouse (closed to the public). The route continues down Mansfield Avenue to stop 3, East Woods, on the park’s eastern border. Heading west on Cornfield Avenue leads to stop 4, Cornfield. A brown dashed line representing the Cornfield Trail goes through the rectangular area enclosed by the park route. Back down Hagerstown Pike is stop 5, West Woods. The West Woods Trail loops down from here to Dunker Church and back. From Dunker Church and up Smoketown Road, the tour route reaches stop 6, Mumma Farm, which has Mumma Cemetery and Mumma Farmhouse (closed to the public). The route then turns south, turning onto Richardson Avenue, and reaching stop 7, Sunken Road (Bloody Lane), which has a nearby observation tower. As the tour route continues south, a trail crosses it to reach Sharpsburg Pike (State Route 65), passing Piper Farmhouse (closed to the public) on the way. The Bloody Lane Trail goes from stop 7 to access Mumma Farmhouse and Roulette Farmhouse. The Three Farms Trail goes from Roulette Farmhouse toward the easternmost edge of the park, down past Parks Farmhouse along Antietam Creek, and across the Site of Middle Bridge as the creek intersects with State Route 34. Above the road is the Tidball Trail, which leads to Newcomer Farmhouse (closed to the public). A picnic area is nearby along State Route 34. After crossing State Route 34, the tour route continues down Rodman Avenue, veering east around Sherrick Farmhouse and Otto Farmhouse (closed to the public), to stop 8, Lower Bridge (Burnside Bridge), near the southeastern border of the park and next to the creek. Near here, the Sherrick Farm Trail stretches up along the creek and over toward the state road. The Union Advance Trail goes from Lower Bridge, along the creek, and up to Burnside Bridge Road before looping down. From the bottom point of Lower Bridge is Georgians Overlook on the Snavelys Ford Trail, which goes from stop 8, following the perimeter of the creek and then the bottom perimeter of the park, then looping back up. Text here reads “No wheeled vehicles, including bicycles, allowed on Snavelys Ford Trail.” Continuing back up the road from stop 8, the tour reaches stop 9, Final Attack, on Branch Avenue. The Final Attack Trail winds around the land between stops 9 and 8 and runs into the Snavelys Ford Trail. A trail leads from Branch Avenue across to Harpers Ferry Road, stopping outside of park boundaries at Hawkins’ Zouaves Monument. The tour route continues from stop 9, down Branch Avenue, up the southwestern edge of the park, then out of the park and up through Mechanic Street in Sharpsburg. Reaching State Route 34, the tour continues northeast and stops at Antietam National Cemetery, within the western boundary of the park, which has a lodge. Legend On the right side of the map, a scale measures distances of 0.1 and 0.5 kilometers and 0.1 and 0.5 miles. A note below reads, “Relic hunting is prohibited.” The legend continues as follows: Blue line and number for tour stops and tour route, Brown dashed line for trails, and Green dot represents historic buildings that are closed to public, and Symbol for restrooms.