Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Closure See 1 current alert
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Closure
Rehabilitation of Colonial Parkway continues with additional Parkway closures
Beginning Tuesday, April 9, 2024, construction will close the Colonial Parkway to all travel in either direction between Yorktown and VA Route 199. Follow all detour signs. See additional closure information in the link below.
More from the park: Rehabilitation of Colonial Parkway continues with additional Parkway closures
Hours
Visitor Center Hours of Operation
| Every day | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Thanksgiving (closed)
The Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center and the Eastern National Store is open 9:00 am to 5:00PM Daily. . The Moore House, The Cemetery Lodge and the Poor Potter are closed but their grounds are open for visitation.
The Nelson House is open as staffing permits.
The Battlefield Tour Roads are open till Sunset.
Visitor centers
Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
| Every day | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Thanksgiving Day (closed)
The Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center, the exhibit area and the Eastern National store is open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Daily. The Moore House, The Cemetery Lodge and the Poor Potter are also closed but their grounds are open for visitation. The Nelson House is open as staffing permits.
All park grounds are closed at sunset.
The Battlefield Visitor Center is closed for Christmas, New Years Day and Thanksgiving.
Visitor center page on nps.gov: Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
About this park
Discover what it took for the United States to be independent as you explore the site of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Here at Yorktown, in the fall of 1781, General George Washington, with allied American and French forces, besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis’s British army. On October 19, Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending the war and ensuring independence.