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Saratoga National Historical ParkJohn Neilson Farmhouse: this small, red, one-room building is the only structure on the battlefield from the time of the battles.
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Saratoga National Historical Park
Plan Your Visit
 

Battlefield Tour
Begin your visit at the Visitor Center, where you can pick up a park map & brochure and pay your entrance fee. The Visitor Center also has restrooms, a book and gift shop, 20-minute orientation film, fiber-optic light map, timeline display, and artifact display.

Tours of the Battlefield are self-guiding, using information in the park brochure and interpretive stations along the way.

Schuyler House
The restored country house of American General Philip Schuyler, second of three sites making up Saratoga National Historical Park, is located approximately 7 miles north of the Battlefield. 

Schuyler House is open for tours Wednesdays through Sundays during the summer season. Access to the house is by free guided tour.

Saratoga Monument
Saratoga Monument, third of three sites making up Saratoga National Historical park, is located approximately 7 1/2 miles north of the Battlefield.

This 155-foot obelisk commemorates the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga. It is open for visitation Wednesdays through Sundays during the summer season.

 

 
Grayscale picture of the Blockhouse. The Neilson House is visible to the right and rear.  

Did You Know?
Before Saratoga National Historical Park was a National Park Service site, it was a New York State historical preserve (1927-1938). The park's first visitor center was a reproduced blockhouse that reportedly contained boards from a barn around during the Battles of Saratoga.

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Last Updated: October 01, 2008 at 15:06 EST