Gettysburg Battlefield Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

• [Departure] 09:00, meet up at Culp Street, Culp St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA. Relive the most important battle of the Civil War with this riveting self-guided tour, which dives into the strategies, the triumphs, and the failures that defined this historic event.Please arrive at the location 5 mins before the departure time
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Eternal Light Peace Memorial, As you drive, you will pass the first of many memorials at Gettysburg - the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. This memorial commemorates the reunification of the United States
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Oak Ridge Observation Tower, You will continue driving along the Gettysburg Auto Road. Our next stop is at the Oak Ridge Observation Tower. Here, you will be able to jump back to that first day of battle
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Monument, There’s a dog sculpted on the other side of the statue’s base. That’s Battlefield Sallie! She served as a mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center, Your journey continues along the Gettysburg Auto Road as evening descends on the first day of battle. Union soldiers have paid heavily and lost ground. Is there any hope of success
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Your drive takes past the North Carolina Memorial and Virginia Monument
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Longstreet Observation Tower, Your drive takes us past the Longstreet Observation Tower, which offers a great vantage point over the second day's battlefield
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Warfield Ridge, You are back on the Gettysburg Road, following the activities of Day 2 of the battle. Confederate troops assemble here, ready to attack one of the strategic Union outposts
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Little Round Top, Your drive passes Little Round Top, a critical skirmish site on the second day. Here Union soldiers just barely hold off Confederate troops, maintaining their control of this strategic hill
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Devil's Den, Here, Confederate sharpshooters set up positions among the volcanic rocks. From the safety of the rocky cover at Devil's Den, they are able to pick off soldier after soldier on the Union side.
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, The Abraham Trostle Farm, You will continue past the Trostle farm. When fighting broke out in Gettysburg, the Trostle family fled their home. They left so abruptly that dinner was still on the table
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, The George Weikert Farm, You will continue towards the George Weikert farm. Like the Trostles, the Weikert's hastily evacuated when the battle erupted. But they returned to a grislier scene
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Your path brings you to the Pennsylvania Memorial. This monument commemorates the nearly 35,000 Pennsylvanian soldiers who fought in this battle
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Spangler's Spring, The Gettysburg Auto Road brings us deeper into the Gettysburg woods, where you will come across Spangler's Spring
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, East Cemetery Hill, Night has fallen across the battlefield, and ordinarily, this would mean an end to the fighting. But the Confederate failure to fully capture Culp’s Hill bothers them, so they try a nighttime raid
• [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial, This is also the site of President Abraham Lincoln's famed Gettysburg Address. Given the monumental nature of the battle, most people expected President Lincoln to deliver quite a lengthy speech
• [Return] 13:00, at 125 Taneytown Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA, This tour will conclude here
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Eligibility

• Free for children aged 1-5

Additional information

• Digital audio guide is available for download on your phone and is available in English

• There are no groups, so you can take breaks for photos, hikes, and snacks and go at your own pace

• New, Lifetime access, no expiry. Use it anytime, on any trip, as many times as you want.

• Purchase the audio tour per car, not by per person

• Stories are played automatically by GPS

• Cell signal and wifi are unnecessary, as they can be used offline after download

• Everything is provided with a full itinerary, travel tips, and professionally narrated videos and text

• This isn't an entrance ticket. Please check opening hours before your visit

What to bring

• Valid ID
• Downloaded app
• Charged smartphone
• Power bank

What to wear

• Please dress accordingly depending on the day's weather conditions

Accessibility

• This activity is not wheelchair-accessible

Usage validity

• The voucher is valid only on the specified date (and time if applicable)