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Fort Necessity National BattlefieldPark Ranger and students at Mount Washington Tavern
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Plan Your Visit

Plan 1 1/2 to 2 hrs to see the historic sites in the main unit of the park. Add an hour to visit Braddock's grave and Jumonville Glen sites.

Click on Operating Hours & Seasons to find out when visitor facilities are open. The Fort Necessity park grounds are daily from Sunrise - Sunset, year-round.

 
Entrance to exhibits at Fort Necessity/National Road Interpretive and Education Center
The Fort Necessity/National Road Interpretive and Education Center features exhibits that immerse visitors in the sites and sounds of 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania.
 

What's at Fort Necessity? 
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A two minute video to help you know what to expect when you visit Fort Necessity National Battlefield.
Stagecoach  

Did You Know?
In 1848 Robert S. McDowell counted 133 wagons pulled by six-horse teams pass along the National Road in one day. He took “no notice of as many more teams of one, two, three four and five horses.” Thomas Searight remembered as many as 20 stagecoaches in a line at one time on the road.

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Last Updated: April 14, 2008 at 10:09 EST