Information and free literature concerning the park may be obtained at the National Park Service museum in the Post Office building, at the national cemetery office, and at the park entrance stations. The services of park historians are available free for explanation of the battle, talks over a relief model of the battlefield in the museum, and for field tours with educational groups. A historian is stationed at Little Round Top during the summer season. Field exhibits, consisting of a map of the battlefield and wartime photographs, are located at important points in the park for the use and interest of the public. With the exception of December, January, and February, the cyclorama is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The admission fee is 25 cents for persons 12 years of age and over. School groups, 12 to 18 years of age, and children under 12 years of age are admitted free. Battlefield guides, licensed by the National Park Service, operate under the supervision of the park superintendent. A complete tour of the park, which covers the battleground of July 1, north and west of Gettysburg, and of July 2 and 3, south of the town, requires approximately 2 hours, and the guide fee is $4. A special tour, covering the main points of interest and requiring about 1 hour, is available at a fee of $3. The guide fee for a short bus tour is $5; for a long bus tour $6. BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG - LEGEND
- 1 MCPHERSON RIDGE
- 2 OAK HILL
- 3 OAK RIDGE
- 4 SEMINARY RIDGE
- 5 WARFIELD RIDGE
- 6 DEVIL’S DEN
- 7 LITTLE ROUND TOP
- 8 THE ANGLE
- 9 MEADE’S HDQRS.
- 10 NAT’L. MONUMENT
- 11 CYCLORAMA
- 12 EAST CEMETERY HILL
- 13 CULPS HILL
- 14 SPANGLER’S SPRING
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES (Price lists of National Park Service publications may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D.C.) - Antietam
- Bandelier
- Chalmette
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields
- Custer Battlefield
- Custis-Lee Mansion, the Robert E. Lee Memorial
- Fort Laramie
- Fort McHenry
- Fort Necessity
- Fort Pulaski
- Fort Raleigh
- Fort Sumter
- George Washington Birthplace
- Gettysburg
- Guilford Courthouse
- Hopewell Village
- Independence
- Jamestown, Virginia
- Kings Mountain
- The Lincoln Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died
- Manassas (Bull Run)
- Montezuma Castle
- Morristown, a Military Capital of the Revolution
- Ocmulgee
- Petersburg Battlefields
- Saratoga
- Scotts Bluff
- Shiloh
- Statue of Liberty
- Vanderbilt Mansion
- Vicksburg
- Yorktown
Eagle statue
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