Basic Information

Physical Address

Directions

Operating Hours & Seasons

Weather

Summer-hot and humid Fall and spring-mild Winter-cold with occasional ice and snow

Fees & Passes

Entrance Fees:

No entrance fee - $0.00

Richmond National Battlefield Park does not have an entrance fee. The parking lot at Tredegar Iron Works charges a nominal parking fee, but other free public parking is availabl nearby.

Visitor Centers

Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works

The main visitor center of Richmond National Battlefield Park.

Chimborazo Medical Museum

Visitor center focusing on Civil War medical practices. Exhibits and short video.

 

Ranger leading a tour at Cold Harbor.

NPS photo.

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Main Visitor Center

Tredegar Civil War Visitor Center
Open 9am to 5pm 7 days a week
GPS Address:
470 Tredegar Street
Richmond Virginia 23219

Battlefield Visitor Centers (GPS Addresses)

Cold Harbor Visitor Center
5515 Anderson-Wright Drive
Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111
(Open Daily 9am to 4:30pm)

Chimborazo Medical Museum
3215 East Broad Street
Richmond Virginia 23223
(Open Daily 9am to 4:30pm)

Fort Harrison Visitor Center
8621 Battlefield Park Road
Richmond Virginia 23231
(open seasonally)

Glendale Visitor Center
8301 Willis Church Road
Richmond Virginia 23231
(open seasonally)

 

Operating Hours & Seasons

Richmond National Battlefield Park has five Visitor Center locations. Tredegar Iron Works is open daily from 9-5, Chimborazo Medical Museum and Cold Harbor Visitor Center are open daily from 9-4:30, and the Fort Harrison and Glendale visitor centers are open seasonally.

 

Fees & Passes

There are no entrance fees to Richmond National Battlefield Park sites. However there is a parking fee for the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works. Free parking is available nearby.

The Access Pass, Military Pass, and Fourth Grade (Every Kid in a Park) Pass can be obtained at the Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works.