Mobile Web App -- new in 2015! Starting March 30, 2015, the park is able to offer a new Mobile Web App. If you are reading this on a smart phone or tablet, use the Mobile Web App link to access the app. The site will ask if you want to save the link onto your device's home screen; doing so will create an app icon on your home screen. If you are reading this on a desktop or laptop computer and want the URL for your mobile device's web browser, it is sara.toursphere.com 
Battlefield Tour Road Cell Phone Tour It's easier than ever to connect to the stories preserved and told at Saratoga National Historical Park, all with the convenience of your own cell phone. Here's how:
While listening, you can access several functions to aid your enjoyment of the program:
At the conclusion of the narration, you can press *0 to share your thoughts on what you've heard. NOTE: this service is free of charge, but your own cell phone service provider's use fees will still apply. 
Battlefield Tour Road MP3 Audio Tour Now, you can enhance your battlefield tour experience with the convenience of your MP3 player! Prior to your visit, download these audio files onto your MP3 device. Then, when you tour the battlefield, you can listen to the audio file for each tour road stop.
Wilkinson Trail Kids' MP3 Audio Tour – new in 2015 Narrated completely by kids...for kids! How might the Battles of Saratoga appeared through the eyes of young people? Download these MP3 audio files to your phone or MP3 player and listen in to hear their perspectives as you hike the Battlefield accompanied by your Narrator, Mary Morton, and George Williams...and the adult with your group of course. Start playing each narration at its respective Station Marker: Track A at Station A, Track B at Station B, and so on. After listening to these narrations you may even be able to teach a little history to the adults in your group! These audio tour files accompany a shorter, 2-mile hike along the Wilkinson Trail using the Liaison (cutoff) trail. Please use a copy of the Wilkinson Trail Map to better understand the tour sequence. A downloadable copy of this map may be found on our Maps page.
Our special thanks to David and Ginger Hildebrand, who kindly allowed us to use selections from their recordings of "The White Cockade" and "The Road to Boston" for this project.
Wilkinson Trail (hiking trail) MP3 Audio Tour You can now hike the Wilkinson Trail while immersing yourself in tales from the Battles of Saratoga! These free, downloadable MP3 files range from 3-7 MB. Save them to your favorite MP3 player, and listen to them as you hike the Wilkinson Trail. Start playing each one at each station on the Wilkinson Trail (gray, plastic marker posts, labeled "Station A", "Station B", etc.), and keep walking as you listen. If you are still listening when you arrive at the next station, you're a fast walker! Just finish listening to the track before you begin playing the next one. Please use a copy of the Wilkinson Trail Map to better understand the tour sequence. A downloadable copy of this map may be found on our Maps page.
Our special thanks to all who made this MP3 trail possible: Angel Bovee, Thomas Hawn and the New School of Radio and Television (Albany, NY), Deanna Stickles-Bach, Jason Bach, Suzanne Baker, Ben Katagirl, Adam O'Connor, Steven O'Connor, Maggie's Music, Inc. (Hesperus Ensemble, Colonial America album), Plymouth fife and Drum Corps (Honor album).
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Last updated: June 26, 2015