Gettysburg National Military Park
Camping
Campgrounds
McMillan Woods Youth Campground is available to scouting and youth groups that visit the battlefield park. The camp is located on West Confederate Avenue in the park and is open from mid April through October each year. Any organized youth group with adequate adult supervision (minimum of one adult for every 10 youths) may use the camp.
Reservations are required to use McMillan Woods Youth Campground. Campsite reservations are awarded by a yearly lottery, the drawing taking place on or about the first of February.
Facilities: Provided are nine portable toilets & one handicapped unit, two potable water faucets, trash receptacle and a common use pavilion. There are ten camp sites, each with a picnic table and a fire ring. Tents and dining canopies are the only shelters permitted, campers or recreational vehicles are not permitted. Vehicles must remain in the parking lot only. Camp stoves using propane or white gas are permitted. All wood fires must be contained within the fire ring. The park does not provide firewood. No trenching is allowed for drainage around tents.
Quiet Hours: 10 P.M. to 6 A.M. There are no outside lighted areas.
Scout Trails Information: The Gettysburg Heritage Trail Guide is available from the York-Adams Area Boy Scout Council. Look under "Activities" on their web site for more information!
Security Notice: In planning your visit to the National Military Park, please keep in mind that the Visitor Center and Cyclorama Center are federal facilities. For security reasons, backpacks, day packs, large handbags, packages or other large containers are prohibited in the buildings and cannot be left outside the buildings. All persons entering are subject to search. Please lock your valuables in your vehicle trunk out of sight.
Gettysburg In Depth
News from the Parks
National Parks Escape, This Time Around
January 8, 2009 - 5:17pm
Unlike the last two years, popular recreation areas in Western Washington have escaped serious damage from this week’s heavy rain. Mount Rainier National Park and Gifford Pinchot National Forest were devastated by flooding in 2007. Last year, flooding hit Olympic National Park.
January 8, 2009 - 5:17pm
Unlike the last two years, popular recreation areas in Western Washington have escaped serious damage from this week’s heavy rain. Mount Rainier National Park and Gifford Pinchot National Forest were devastated by flooding in 2007. Last year, flooding hit Olympic National Park.
Dorgan with Game and Fish
January 8, 2009 - 5:06pm
Sen. Byron Dorgan, (D-N.D.) said he agrees with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department on the elk situation at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Since the unveiling of the National Park Service’s Draft Elk Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement on Dec. 17, Game and Fish officials have voiced their displeasure that the document did not include their “Alternative G,” as a viable option.
January 8, 2009 - 5:06pm
Sen. Byron Dorgan, (D-N.D.) said he agrees with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department on the elk situation at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Since the unveiling of the National Park Service’s Draft Elk Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement on Dec. 17, Game and Fish officials have voiced their displeasure that the document did not include their “Alternative G,” as a viable option.
Coming to the Inauguration? Read This First, Then Think Again
January 8, 2009 - 5:05pm
All roads will lead to Washington on Inauguration Day, but many of them will be closed. With packed trains, buses and planes, how will as many as 2 million people who are hoping to witness history crowd into a city whose subway system usually accommodates 718,000 a day?
January 8, 2009 - 5:05pm
All roads will lead to Washington on Inauguration Day, but many of them will be closed. With packed trains, buses and planes, how will as many as 2 million people who are hoping to witness history crowd into a city whose subway system usually accommodates 718,000 a day?
Scientists Ready to Analyze Yellowstone Park Quake Data
January 8, 2009 - 5:01pm
Between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2, more than 500 small earthquakes shook Yellowstone National Park. The swarm of quakes was centered below Yellowstone Lake, beginning southeast of Stevenson Island and migrating north toward Fishing Bridge before quieting.
January 8, 2009 - 5:01pm
Between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2, more than 500 small earthquakes shook Yellowstone National Park. The swarm of quakes was centered below Yellowstone Lake, beginning southeast of Stevenson Island and migrating north toward Fishing Bridge before quieting.
Haleakala National Park Gets New Superintendent
January 8, 2009 - 5:00pm
Sarah Creachbaum, a 15-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Haleakala National Park.
January 8, 2009 - 5:00pm
Sarah Creachbaum, a 15-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Haleakala National Park.
