Trip Idea

For Kids

Multiple Parks

Living historians help a child make a corn husk doll
Topic(s) African American Heritage, American Revolution, Architecture and Building, Arts, Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite, Enslavement, Farming and Agriculture, Plantations, Industry, Armories, Abolition Movement, Civil Rights, Conservation Movement, Voting Rights and Suffrage, American Revolutionary War, Civil War, War of 1812, Women's History, Reconstruction, Ruins, Colonization and Settlement, Commerce, Trade, Ranches, Great Depression, Laborer and Worker, Social Movements more »
Activities Junior Ranger Program, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking
Type Kid Friendly, Active, Educational, Indoors, Outdoors, Group Friendly more »
Parks Hampton National Historic Site, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
Activities Specifically For Kids
  • Hampton National Historic Site

    Become A Hampton Jr. Ranger
    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Junior Ranger Program
    • Age: 5 and Older
    • Pets: Yes with Restrictions
    • Duration: 1 Hour
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day
    A shirt with a junior ranger badge, patch and hat on it.

    Learn how to become a Hampton NHS Junior Ranger!

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Kid Friendly Touring
  • Multiple Parks

    Hampton Audio Tour
    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Self-Guided Tours - Walking
    • Pets: Yes with Restrictions
    • Duration: 45 Minutes
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day
    A black and white historic photograph of the farm side structures.

    Gain access to Hampton's interactive app to take a self-guided tour of the plantation!

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  • Hampton National Historic Site

    Families, Farming, and Freedom Tour
    • Activity Fee: No (Entrance fees may apply)
    • Reservations: No
    • Activity: Guided Tours
    • Pets: Yes
    • Location: Program Starts at Lower House on Farm
    • Duration: 30–45 Minutes
    • Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Time of Day: Day
    A group of people gather on the front steps of the lower farm house.

    A ranger led tour of the farm side of the park.

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Last updated: February 2, 2022