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Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park is the second largest military park on the planet. It preserves and interprets the history of four major battlefields scattered over the city of Fredericksburg and four counties.

It takes about two full days to visit the entire park, but there are many options. Some people decide to concentrate on only one battlefield. Some decide to spend a little time on each battlefield. There are driving tours through each battlefield, numerous walking trails of various lengths, two visitor centers and four historic buildings.

It is best to begin your visit at a park visitor center, one on the Fredericksburg Battlefield and one on the Chancellorsville Battlefield. Historians can orient you to the park and battlefields, provide you with walking and driving tour brochures, inform you of park activities and answer questions. The visitor centers also have exhibits and films on the battles as well as large bookstores where additional literature on the park and battles can be purchased. Be aware that there are no visitor centers at Wilderness and Spotsylvania and historians are only present during the summer season and on weekends in the spring and early fall.

There are also four historic buildings that are open - Chatham Manor, Salem Church, "Stonewall" Jackson Shrine and Ellwood Manor. Of these, only Chatham is open daily. The others are open less often depending on the season of the year, day of the week.

Each of the battlefields and historic buildings as it own section of this website that provide information on visiting the site, information on the history, brochures for the walking trails and links to additional information.

This massive website also includes information on special events, a section for teachers and for students writing reports, a section on doing research that contains information how to research your Civil War ancestor and links to dozens of archives, libraries and websites and brochures for touring other Civil War battlefields such as Brandy Station, Kelly's Ford and Mine Run.

Click here to connect to the park webpage on the hours that the buildings are open and the daily events and click here to learn about special events.

The Fredericksburg City Visitor Website has information about visiting the city of Fredericksburg including restaurants, motels, and events. The Spotsylvania County Visitor Center has similar information for Spotsylvania County as does the website for Stafford County.