Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

The Junior Ranger program helps kids explore, learn about, and protect Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. Anyone can become a Junior Ranger by completing activities during a visit to the park.

Talks and presentations uncover emerging discoveries and stories of enslaved and free African Americans. These stories help us uncover a rich and inclusive cultural history of the Shenandoah Valley.

Woodland trails follow a line of trenches built by the US 19th Corps in the fall of 1864. They connect the 128th New York Monument with Belle Grove Plantation. Remnants of trenches and earthworks are still visible along the trails. The trails are on lands managed by Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation (CCBF) and Belle Grove, Inc.

The National Park Service offers ranger-led programs throughout the year. Topics may include the peopling and rich cultural history of the Shenandoah Valley, including the Civil War and Battle of Cedar Creek.

Gaze at the heavens with the National Park Service and the Shenandoah Astronomical Society (SAS). Telescopes are provided, or you may bring your own. SAS members can teach you how to use it. Bring camp chairs or blankets.

Start at the Visitor Center, where park rangers and volunteers can help plan your visit.

The Strasburg Museum at Hupp's Hill, inside the Strasburg Visitor and Information Center, displays local history exhibits alongside battlefield artifacts from the Kehoe collection. The museum exhibits and films in the theater tell of the war-torn Shenandoah Valley of 1864: battles fought by soldiers and hardships endured by civilians.

Get four different cancellation stamps by visiting NPS and partner sites at Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP.

Follow the Battle of Cedar Creek on a self-guided driving tour, from where the Confederate soldiers surprised the sleeping Federal camps in the foggy dawn of October 19, 1864 to the final counterattack late that afternoon. This 17.5-mile tour has 9 stops.