Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

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Information Sherrick Farm Trail Detour

There is a detour on the trail due to downed trees. Our staff is working diligently to remove these from the trail.

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Overview

23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

The Roosevelt connection

T.R. was here

What to see and do

Activities

  • Biking
  • Road Biking
  • Camping
  • Group Camping
  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Self-Guided Tours - Auto
  • Hiking
  • Living History
  • Historic Weapons Demonstration
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Wildlife Watching
  • Birdwatching
  • Park Film
  • Museum Exhibits
  • Shopping
  • Bookstore and Park Store

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Plan your visit

Hours

Park Grounds and Roads: The park grounds and park tour roads close at dark. (20 minutes after sunset).

Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center: The visitor center is open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

Fees and passes

  • Entrance - Private Vehicle — $20.00
  • Entrance - Per Person — $10.00
  • Entrance - Motorcycle — $15.00
  • Commercial Entrance - Motor Coach — $100.00
  • Commercial Entrance - Mini-bus — $40.00
  • Commercial Entrance - Sedan — $25.00
  • Entrance - Education/Academic Groups
  • Annual Entrance - Park — $35.00

The America the Beautiful pass covers entrance fees at federal recreation lands across all four agencies.

Getting there

Ten miles south of I-70 on Maryland Route 65

Visitor centers

Weather

The weather is fairly mild. Summers can be very warm and humid and winters cold and snowy. We have four distinct seasons with the fall and spring being the best times to visit the battlefield.

Phone: 3014325124

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

wood fence rails with green corn stalks behind fence
The Cornfield · NPS Antietam/ BBaracz
stone building with black fence in foreground
Antietam National Cemetery Lodge Building · NPS Antietam/ BBaracz
three arch stone bridge over Antietam Creek
Burnside Bridge · NPS
small white building with cannon in the foreground
Dunker Church · NPS Antietam/ BBaracz
one room house covered in snow
Dunker Church · NPS Antietam/ BBaracz
a monument of a soldier at sunset
Monument at Sunset · NPS

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