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Gettysburg Battlefield Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

Classic Car Tours
Digital
2 hours
English
  • Embark on an adventure that brings this historic three-day battle to life
  • Follow in the footsteps of Civil War soldiers during this epic 3-day battle
  • Relive the struggle between the Union and Confederacy that changed the nation
  • Learn about the strategies that generals employed to outwit each other
  • Visit the exact sites and locations of critical clashes like Pickett’s Charge

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Self-Guided Audio Tour

Inclusions

  • Digital audio guide (phone download)

  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey

  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews

  • Learn more: dive deeper into any story you enjoyed with extra stories

  • Comprehensive route and stops: See it all, miss nothing, leave no stone unturned

  • Offline maps: no signal, no problem! Works perfectly without cellular or wifi

  • Hands-free: audio stories play on their own based on your location. Easy to use

  • Go at your own pace: Start anytime, pause anywhere, enjoy breaks for snacks and photos freely

  • Easy-to-use app: download the Action Tour Guide App onto your phone

  • Unique password: access your tour on the Action Tour Guide App

  • New, extra validity — now, it's yours for an entire year! Use multiple times over multiple trips

  • All-day support line: Call, chat, or email for help

Exclusions

  • Admission to Gettysburg Heritage Center

  • Transport

  • Meals and beverages

  • Other personal expenses

  • Tips and gratuities

  • National Park/attraction Passes, entry tickets, or reservation

Additional Info

  • Free for children aged 1-5

  • Digital audio guide is available for download on your phone and is available in English

  • There are no groups, so you can take breaks for photos, hikes, and snacks and go at your own pace

  • This self-guided tour is valid for one year after your purchase

  • Purchase the audio tour per car, not by per person

  • Stories are played automatically by GPS

  • Cell signal and wifi are unnecessary, as they can be used offline after download

  • Everything is provided with a full itinerary, travel tips, and professionally narrated videos and text

  • This isn't an entrance ticket. Please check opening hours before your visit

  • Valid ID

  • Downloaded app

  • Charged smartphone

  • Power bank

  • Please dress accordingly depending on the day's weather conditions

  • This activity is not wheelchair-accessible

From¥106.20Per Person

What's included in Gettysburg Battlefield Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

(Subject to Option Inclusions)
  • [Departure] 09:00, meet up at Culp Street, Culp St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA. Relive the most important battle of the Civil War with this riveting self-guided tour, which dives into the strategies, the triumphs, and the failures that defined this historic event.Please arrive at the location 5 mins before the departure time
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Eternal Light Peace Memorial, As you drive, you will pass the first of many memorials at Gettysburg - the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. This memorial commemorates the reunification of the United States
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Oak Ridge Observation Tower, You will continue driving along the Gettysburg Auto Road. Our next stop is at the Oak Ridge Observation Tower. Here, you will be able to jump back to that first day of battle
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Monument, There’s a dog sculpted on the other side of the statue’s base. That’s Battlefield Sallie! She served as a mascot of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center, Your journey continues along the Gettysburg Auto Road as evening descends on the first day of battle. Union soldiers have paid heavily and lost ground. Is there any hope of success
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Your drive takes past the North Carolina Memorial and Virginia Monument
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Longstreet Observation Tower, Your drive takes us past the Longstreet Observation Tower, which offers a great vantage point over the second day's battlefield
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Warfield Ridge, You are back on the Gettysburg Road, following the activities of Day 2 of the battle. Confederate troops assemble here, ready to attack one of the strategic Union outposts
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Little Round Top, Your drive passes Little Round Top, a critical skirmish site on the second day. Here Union soldiers just barely hold off Confederate troops, maintaining their control of this strategic hill
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Devil's Den, Here, Confederate sharpshooters set up positions among the volcanic rocks. From the safety of the rocky cover at Devil's Den, they are able to pick off soldier after soldier on the Union side.
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, The Abraham Trostle Farm, You will continue past the Trostle farm. When fighting broke out in Gettysburg, the Trostle family fled their home. They left so abruptly that dinner was still on the table
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, The George Weikert Farm, You will continue towards the George Weikert farm. Like the Trostles, the Weikert's hastily evacuated when the battle erupted. But they returned to a grislier scene
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Your path brings you to the Pennsylvania Memorial. This monument commemorates the nearly 35,000 Pennsylvanian soldiers who fought in this battle
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Spangler's Spring, The Gettysburg Auto Road brings us deeper into the Gettysburg woods, where you will come across Spangler's Spring
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, East Cemetery Hill, Night has fallen across the battlefield, and ordinarily, this would mean an end to the fighting. But the Confederate failure to fully capture Culp’s Hill bothers them, so they try a nighttime raid
  • [Attraction/experience] 5 min(s), Self-guided, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial, This is also the site of President Abraham Lincoln's famed Gettysburg Address. Given the monumental nature of the battle, most people expected President Lincoln to deliver quite a lengthy speech
  • [Return] 13:00, at 125 Taneytown Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA, This tour will conclude here
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Visit the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, symbolizing unity and peace after the Civil War
Visit the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, symbolizing unity and peace after the Civil War
Stand atop East Cemetery Hill, a crucial defensive position during the Battle of Gettysburg
Stand atop East Cemetery Hill, a crucial defensive position during the Battle of Gettysburg
Admire The Pennsylvania Memorial, the largest monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield honoring fallen soldiers
Admire The Pennsylvania Memorial, the largest monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield honoring fallen soldiers
Observe a wood split rail fence cutting through a field at Gettysburg National Battlefield
Observe a wood split rail fence cutting through a field at Gettysburg National Battlefield
Observe a wood split rail fence cutting through a field at Gettysburg National Battlefield
Observe a wood split rail fence cutting through a field at Gettysburg National Battlefield
Observe a wood split rail fence cutting through a field at Gettysburg National Battlefield
Observe a wood split rail fence cutting through a field at Gettysburg National Battlefield

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This narrated, self-guided tour of the Battle of Gettysburg brings to life the most important battle of the Civil War! Here, Union forces staged a nearly impossible defense against Confederate attackers and won! Drive in the footsteps of Civil War soldiers, re-live the battle strategies of the key Gettysburg generals and embark on an adventure that brings this historic three-day battle to life. With this tour, you can explore Gettysburg’s history with maximum flexibility, safety, and value

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  • Gettysburg Heritage Center 297 Steinwehr Ave Gettysburg PA 17325 USA

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