Antietam National Battlefield

Amazing history

This is a must do. I am amazed by how much information there is on the driving tour. We hit up many spots and stopped and walked Bloody Lane. It is amazing thinking about the history of the battlef...

Antietam Is The Better Option

If you have a choice of seeing either Antietam or Gettysburg, I would choose Antietam hands down. The battle of Antietam was not more important than the battle of Gettysburg, but I think you would en...

Great Driving Tour

Touring these battlefields by car was a great way to spend some time during our family girls weekend. If you like to read plaques, there is A LOT to read. We had young children with us so that wasn'...

So glad we were close enough to visit

On our return home to Illinois from Philadelphia we took a different route so we could visit Antietam and Fort Necessity. This is a battlefield we've wanted to visit for a long time but just wasn't c...

A solemn place

This isn’t a touristy spot. It’s a sprawling battlefield area with several posted stops which you can augment with the park service app videos that go along with each one. The visitor center artifacts...