Richmond National Battlefield Park
Virginia
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.8 h fully dark
Crowds
low
Entrance
Free entry
The center of Confederate manufacturing fueled a modern war, one of the South’s largest hospitals gave care to the sick and wounded, and armies battled on open fields and in miles of defensive earthworks. From 1861 to 1865, Richmond’s fate would determine America’s future.
Activities
Topics
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
Trails and Battlefield Park Grounds: park outdoor spaces, trails, and battlefields are open and accessible daily, sunrise to sunset.
Hours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 804-226-1981
✉ stephanie_pooler@nps.govConditions
Typical crowds: low
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 81°F
🌫️ 87°/74°
☁️ 89°/75°
🌦️ 96°/75°
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
66%
Feb
70%
Mar
100%
Apr
80%
May
96%
Jun
74%
Jul
87%
Aug
91%
Sep
81%
Oct
91%
Nov
78%
Dec
71%
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Visitor centers
Chimborazo Medical Museum
Cold Harbor Battlefield Visitor Center
Fort Harrison Visitor Center
Accessibility
7 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Richmond National Battlefield Park — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Richmond National Battlefield Park — each spans a cross-park journey.
August V. Kautz
— MilitaryBernard Bluecher Graves
— Battle Of Cedar Creek, Civil War Confederate Army, Civil WarCadmus Wilcox
— MilitaryEdward Wild
— MilitaryEmory Upton
— MilitaryGeorge B. McClellan
— Military, Civil WarGeorge Edward Pickett
— MilitaryGeorge G. Meade
— MilitaryPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Chimborazo Medical Museum
🎫 Cold Harbor Battlefield Visitor Center
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Chickahominy Bluff
audio
Drewry's Bluff
Gaines' Mill Battlefield - Confederate Position
audio
Gaines' Mill Battlefield - United States Position
audio
Glendale Battlefield and National Cemetery
audio
Jimmie Pickett
Malvern Hill Battlefield
audio
Willis Church Parsonage Ruins at Malvern Hill
audioAudio & media
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Gettysburg National Military Park, in partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives and History and Gettysburg Foundation, now brings to its visitors the opportunity to see a unique artifact closely tied the Battle of Gettysburg. The flag returns to Gettysburg for the first time since 1863! See the flag for yourself! Get your tickets to the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War here.
Future Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited several American sites with his brother in 1929, including New York City, Virginia battlefields, Gettysburg Battlefield, and Washington DC. This article describes Imperial War Museum's video of the sites the party visited at Fredericksburg area battlefields.
In 2016, six rangers were awarded a national or regional Freeman Tilden Award for excellence in interpretation. Learn more about their amazing programs!
In all, 2020 was extremely warm wet. The year ended as the 3rd warmest and 3rd wettest year at the park since 1895.
In all, 2021 was warmer than average but had near-normal total precipitation. The year ended as the 9th warmest and 52nd wettest recorded since 1895.
The year 2022 was warmer than average at Richmond National Battlefield Park, but total precipitation for the year was near normal.
Richmond National Battlefield Park experienced a very warm 2023 as it was the 4th warmest year on record (since 1895). Total annual precipitation at the park was just below normal.
The 2025 Veterans Fire Corps crew hosted by the Allegheny Fire Management Zone headquartered at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve had the opportunity to help multiple parks within the NPS' Northeast Region with prescribed fire and fuels projects.
Ranger School
Park-grounded courses you can learn with the Ranger.
How Richmond National Battlefield Park connects
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