Hampton National Historic Site
Maryland
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.5 h fully dark
Crowds
low
Entrance
Free entry
Parking impacted due to the Legacy Restoration Fund Project
The Lower Farm parking lot near the Mule Barn is closed due to the Legacy Restoration Fund Project. The Upper parking lot located near the Orangery has reduced capacity due to a partial closure because of the Legacy Restoration Fund Project. To learn more about parking at Hampton NHS, click the link or visit the alerts page and then scroll down to the area that talks about parking.
Official NPS alert →Buildings located on the farm side are closed
Buildings located on the farm side of Hampton National Historic Site are closed due to construction related to the ongoing Legacy Restoration Fund Project. Visit the project webpage for more information or click the link to learn more.
Official NPS alert →We Do Not Mail Junior Ranger Books
We do not mail Junior Ranger books; please download from site. Completed books may be submitted digitally. Junior Ranger badges may be mailed once per person per calendar year after completion. We do not mail completed books back.
Baltimore Area Traffic Advisory
Traffic in the Baltimore area has increased considerably in recent months due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge which connected the Baltimore beltway. Please check the latest traffic conditions to plan your travel accordingly.
Hampton National Historic Site preserves what remains of a once 25,000-acre enslavement plantation. For hundreds of years, enslaved people, indentured servants, tenant farmers, paid laborers, and the Ridgely family all made their own contributions to Hampton, creating a space where cruelty and decadence collide to provide a complex history of the United States.
Activities
Topics
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
The Visitor Contact Station is open 9am – 4pm Thursday through Sunday. Grounds are open every day from dawn to dusk. Park is closed every year on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. The park, or portions of the park, may be closed at any time for weather, emergency, or security reasons in order to protect the resource, visitors, and staff. Park gates may also be closed during these situations. View alerts to see any closings.
⚠ Hampton National Historic Site Parking Lots: closed Nov 26 – Nov 26; Hampton National Historic Site Parking Lots: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25; Hampton National Historic Site Parking Lots: closed Jan 1 – Jan 1
Hours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 410-962-4290 (option 2)
✉ HAMP_Interpretation@nps.govConditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
Typical crowds: low
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 77°F
🌦️ 88°/76°
🌦️ 88°/73°
🌦️ 94°/72°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
13%
Feb
22%
Mar
25%
Apr
26%
May
100%
Jun
77%
Jul
82%
Aug
85%
Sep
79%
Oct
44%
Nov
56%
Dec
61%
Log a sky reading
Measured the sky with an SQM meter or app? Add your reading (16 = city glow … 22 = pristine). Opt in under “Travelers like you” to share it on the community leaderboard.
Things to do
Gardens, Grounds, and Architecture Tours
Mansion Tours
Bark Ranger at hampton
Picnicking at Hampton
Bird Watching at Hampton
Hampton Audio Tour
Become A Hampton Jr. Ranger
Visitor centers
Visitor Center
Accessibility
21 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Parking
Farm Side Parking Lot · 30 accessible spacesaccessible
Main Parking Lot · 49 accessible spacesaccessible
Upper Parking Lot · 23 accessible spacesaccessible
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Hampton National Historic Site — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Hampton National Historic Site — each spans a cross-park journey.
Franklin Johnson
— Hampton National Historic Site, American Civil War, Memorial DayHarriet Hawkins
Harry Sythe Cummings
— Hampton National Historic Site, Black History, Baltimore City MdIda R. Cummings
— Hampton National Historic Site, Black History, Baltimore City MdSophia Gough Ridgely Howard
— Historic Women, International Womens Day, Mission WomenPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Visitor Center
Places to see
Ash House
audio
Corn Crib Foundations
audio
Domestic Service Cluster
audio
Dovecote
audio
Enslavement Quarters
audio
Farm Lane
audio
Farm Side
audio
Formal Gardens
audio
Hampton Mansion
audio
Hampton National Historic Site
audio
Ice House
audio
Log Cabin
audioAudio & media
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Learn more
Interview with retired park ranger and volunteer Paul Plamann.
Ann is with our friend's group Historic Hampton Inc (HHI). She has played a role in supporting and helping Hampton for decades! It all started when her friend invited her to a meeting. She told us all about her experience with Hampton, click to learn more!
Archeology paints a colorful picture of the past! Download and print this full coloring book packed with archeological objects from A to Z!
Interns are vital to the mission of the National Park Service by helping protect the landscapes, stories, and communities that shape our shared past and future.
Volunteer Charles and maintenance team member Bud work together each week to keep the parks’ engines humming, to ensure the historic landscapes are beautiful and inviting to visitors, and habitats preserved for the animals that call its meadows and trees home.
As a participant in the National Park Service (NPS) Climate Friendly Parks (CFP) program, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (FOMC), Hampton National Historic Site (HAMP), and Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail (STSP) belong to a network of parks nationwide that are putting climate friendly behavior at the forefront of park operations and resource management. This is the Baltimore Area Climate Action Plan (CAP).
At Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine and Hampton National Historic Site, trees that fall or need to be cut down are milled for use in a variety of ways. From floorboards to firewood, the possibilities are endless and the maintenance crew makes sure nothing goes to waste. It’s sustainability meets creativity, and the results are pretty amazing!
The May 2020 Hampton NHS Object of the Month is Eliza Ridgely's harp. Learn more about the harp in this article.
Ranger School
Park-grounded courses you can learn with the Ranger.
How Hampton National Historic Site connects
This park's activities, topics, location, and on-the-ground places — one hop in the graph. Drag to explore; click an activity, topic, or related park to follow it.
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