Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park · NJ
1 noticefrom the National Park Service
Information · Temporary Closure of the Lloyd W. Smith Gallery in the Museum
The Lloyd W. Smith Gallery will be closed temporarily due to construction. All other exhibits will remain open.
Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the sites of General Washington and the Continental Army’s winter encampment from December 1779 to June 1780, where soldiers survived the coldest winter on record. The park also maintains a museum and library collection related to the encampments and to George Washington, as well as items from both pre- and post-Revolutionary America.
- NPS site
- nps.gov/morr
- Location
- Morristown National Historical Park (40.765, -74.535)
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Passport stamp locations
- Jockey Hollow Visitor Center
- Washington's Headquarters Museum
Hours
Washington's Headquarters Museum and Jockey Hollow Visitor Center.today: 9:30AM - 4:30PM
- Sat Oct 39:30AM - 4:30PM
- Sun Oct 49:30AM - 4:30PM
- Mon Oct 59:30AM - 4:30PM
- Tue Oct 6Closed
- Wed Oct 7Closed
- Thu Oct 89:30AM - 4:30PM
- Fri Oct 99:30AM - 4:30PM
Washington's Headquarters Museum: Open Thursday-Monday 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Jockey Hollow Visitor Center: Open Thursday-Monday 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Park Groundstoday: Sunrise to Sunset
- Sat Oct 3Sunrise to Sunset
Visitor centers
2
- Jockey Hollow Visitor Centertoday: 9:30AM - 4:30PMDirections
- Washington's Headquarters Museumtoday: 9:30AM - 4:30PMDirections
Self-guided tours
2
"Park and Peek" Quick Driving Tour10–60 minutes · 7 stops
If you do not have much time to explore Jockey Hollow on foot, this tour will guide you to several notable points using the Driving Tour Road and parking lots.
Monuments, Markers, and Memory2–4 hours · 12 stops
This tour highlights out-of-the-way sights that many visitors miss on their first visit. In particular, this tour explores the various ways people have commemorated the history of the park, and what has survived over the years, and what has gone missing. The park is made of four different units, and you'll visit all of them by the time we finish. Access to an automobile is highly recommended.
Entrance fees
No entrance fee.
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