Plan Your Visit

Battlefield Unit

Begin your visit at the Visitor Center, where you can pick up a park map & brochure. The Visitor Center also has restrooms, a museum store, 20-minute orientation film, 15-minute fiber-optic light map, timeline display, and artifact display. Visitor center is currently closed due to construction. Email us for information on getting the passport stamp and Junior Ranger program!

Tours of the Battlefield are self-guiding, using information in the park brochure, optional audio tour CD, optional cell phone or MP3 tour, and interpretive stations along the way - the park also has a smart phone/tablet Mobile Web App.

Old Saratoga Unit

Schuyler House

This restored 1777 country house of American General Philip Schuyler is located in the Village of Schuylerville, approximately 8 miles north of the Battlefield.
In season, Schuyler House is open for viewing. Closed for winter...stay tuned for information regarding 2022.

Saratoga Monument

A 155-foot obelisk commemorating the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga, the Monument is located in the Village of Victory, approximately 8 miles north of Saratoga Battlefield.
In season, Saratoga Monument is open for self-guided climbs up its 188 steps. Closed for winter.

Victory Woods

This 22-acre parcel of land, located in the Village of Victory, NY (about 8 1/2 miles north of the Battlefield), marks the final encampment site for the British Army under General John Burgoyne prior to their October 17, 1777 surrender to American forces under General Horatio Gates.
Two options are available for visiting Victory Woods.

• Park at Saratoga Monument and follow the foot path through the cemetery to the Victory Woods trail head;
• Drive to the end of Monument Drive (just downhill/east of Saratoga Monument) and park in the cul-de-sac there.

An accessible boardwalk and pathway runs about ½ mile through Victory Woods. The path also has interpretive signs that help tell the story of the last stand for Burgoyne's surrounded army.

Open daily sunrise to sunset

Surrender Site

This outdoor memorial marks the site of the British Surrender after the Battles of Saratoga. This was the first time in world history that the British Army surrendered to another country. The accessible sidewalk curves through the site and ends at a grand bronze sculpture overlooking the Hudson River.

Located on Route 4, one mile south of Schuylerville, it is open April through November sunrise to sunset.