News Release

Pea Ridge National Military Park Construction, Partial trail Closures, and Detour

Date: March 3, 2021
Contact: Troy Banzhaf, 479-451-8122 x1226

Pea Ridge National Military Park Construction, Partial Trail Closures, and Detour

Pea Ridge National Military Park Superintendent, Kevin Eads, announced today that Highway 62 Mitigation construction has begun at the park. The first phase of this project consists of prepping areas for, then constructing, parking lots and re-routing portions of the tour road near the Elkhorn Tavern and work on the park’s entrance road.

Because of the on-going work near the Elkhorn Tavern, and for your safety, the North Loop of the horse trail will be closed until further notice. However, the short loop of the horse trail will remain open during this time frame. The area around the Elkhorn Tavern and monuments as well as the area north of the tavern remain off limits to horses.Soon work will begin on the park’s entrance road causing the entrance to the park to be re-routed for a time. The detour, which will be marked with signs, will route visitors to Old Liberty Road, which is located approximately 1 mile northeast of the current park entrance. Visitors will turn left, southeast, off Old Liberty Road onto the old highway 62 roadbed. The park entrance will be approximately ¾ of a mile from the intersection of Old Liberty Road and the old highway 62 roadbed.


Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves and commemorates the site of the March 1862 Civil War battle that helped Union forces gain control of Missouri. The park is located 10 miles north of Rogers just off US Highway 62.