Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Battlefield · NC
3 noticesfrom the National Park Service
Information · Be Prepared for your Visit
Before hiking at Moores Creek, make sure to bring all your necessary medications, sunscreen, bottled water for hikes, loose fitting clothes for hiking, and any other items you may need.
Information · Lighting and Maintaining Fires Information
Fires are permitted only in designated areas and under specific conditions. A fire may be ignited and maintained only by using fuel sources designed and commonly used for warmth or the preparation of food, such as charcoal briquettes or natural firewood. Lighting or maintaining a fire with other materials including, but not limited to, flammable liquids, garbage, fireworks, plastics, aerosol canisters, batteries, or other manufactured or synthetic materials, is prohibited.
Information · Moores Creek Visitor Center Open Tuesday-Saturday and Park Grounds Open Seven Days Per Week
The Moores Creek Visitor Center/Bookstore is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm. Park grounds are open seven days per week from 9 am until 5 pm.
In the early morning hours of February 27, 1776, Loyalist forces charged across a partially dismantled Moores Creek Bridge. Beyond the bridge, nearly 1,000 North Carolina Patriots waited quietly with cannons and muskets poised to fire. This battle marked the last broadsword charge by Scottish Highlanders and the first significant victory for the Patriots in the American Revolution.
- NPS site
- nps.gov/mocr
- Location
- Moores Creek National Battlefield (34.458, -78.110)
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Passport stamp locations
- Visitor Center
Hours
Visitor Centertoday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
- Sat Oct 39:00AM - 5:00PM
- Sun Oct 4Closed
- Mon Oct 5Closed
- Tue Oct 69:00AM - 5:00PM
- Wed Oct 79:00AM - 5:00PM
- Thu Oct 89:00AM - 5:00PM
- Fri Oct 99:00AM - 5:00PM
Upcoming closures: Oct 12 (CLOSED - Columbus Day) · Nov 26 (CLOSED - Thanksgiving Day)
The Visitor Center is open Tuesday - Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This includes access to exhibits, the park's 10-minute film, "In the Most Furious Manner", the gift shop and America the Beautiful passes. The visitor center is closed on all Federal Holidays except Memorial Day, Independence Day and Veteran's Day. The Visitor Center Phone Number is 910-283-5591.
Park Trail Access Hourstoday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Visitor centers
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- Visitor Centertoday: 9:00AM - 5:00PMDirections
Self-guided tours
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Moores Creek National Battlefield Self-Guided Tour30–90 minutes · 11 stops
Explore the site of the first decisive Patriot victory of the American Revolution at Moores Creek. Take a walk through the Patriot earthworks and across Moores Creek Bridge to learn more about this important struggle. Along the way, you will see six monuments that share the stories of these men and women who participated in this campaign.
Entrance fees
No entrance fee.