Gettysburg Trip Overview
Ghostly encounters have long been associated with Gettysburg, given the area’s violent past—and this flexible, self-led audio driving tour will guide you to the most supposedly haunted Gettysburg locations. After purchasing, download the audio file and explore whenever suits your schedule. Set off by car from the Gettysburg Heritage Center, follow the map and instructions, and listen to local author Mark Nesbitt’s spooky storytelling while viewing key historical landmarks.
• A self-led driving tour offers the most flexible way to tour the area
• Once it’s downloaded, the audio file never expires—use it multiple times
• See landmarks like the Eisenhower National Historic Site and Devil’s Den
• The tour is narrated by Mark Nesbitt, author of “Ghosts of Gettysburg”
Additional Info
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Starts: Gettysburg, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Ghostly encounters have long been associated with Gettysburg, given the area’s violent past—and this flexible, self-led audio driving tour will guide you to the most supposedly haunted Gettysburg locations. After purchasing, download the audio file and explore whenever suits your schedule. Set off by car from the Gettysburg Heritage Center, follow the map and instructions, and listen to local author Mark Nesbitt’s spooky storytelling while viewing key historical landmarks.
• A self-led driving tour offers the most flexible way to tour the area
• Once it’s downloaded, the audio file never expires—use it multiple times
• See landmarks like the Eisenhower National Historic Site and Devil’s Den
• The tour is narrated by Mark Nesbitt, author of “Ghosts of Gettysburg”
Stop At: Battle of Gettysburg First Shot Marker, 1498 Chambersburg Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
Welcome to a historic Gettysburg and the Ghosts of Gettysburg battlefield tour. This tape will take you on an incredible journey to the sites on the Gettysburg battlefield where mysterious and unexplainable happenings have taken place.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Mark Nesbitt’s Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking Tours, 271 Baltimore St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
Today’s stories are brought to you by Mark Nesbitt, who is the first to create ghost walking tours in Gettysburg. Based on his own frightening experiences living in Gettysburg for over thirty years and the ghost stories told to him by the people who actually experienced them, these stories combine town history with the mystery of the spirit world.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gettysburg Heritage Center, 297 Steinwehr Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325-2815
A visit to the Gettysburg Battlefield is not complete without stopping at the Gettysburg Heritage Center Museum.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
The first day’s fighting of the three-day battle was over, it had swirled across the farm fields to the west, north, and east of the Pennsylvania Crossroads town.
Stop At: Schmucker Hall, 111 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
Schmucker Hall, or old dorm, saw its share of horrors during and after the battle, it was appropriated for use as one of the first hospitals on July 1st.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Gettysburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7034
In the National Military Park you´ll visit the Eisenhower National Historic Site.
Stop At: Eisenhower National Historic Site, 250 Eisenhower Farm Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7108
The fields to the right of your vehicle are part of the Eisenhower farm. President Dwight David Eisenhower, supreme commander of allied forces during the invasion of Europe in World War- 2, chose a battlefield upon which to retire in 1961 after his presidency.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Little Round Top, Gettysburg, PA
Just as our logic is sometimes fooled by the unexplainable sights and sounds of decades past. Is it possible that whoever or whatever it is that creates these images could be fooled by our presence?
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The George Weikert Farm, United States Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
Her roommate traveled frequently in her job for the National Park Service and she was alone in the house watching television one night. The drone of the TV had gone on for a while when she was suddenly aware of another noise in the house beside the TV.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: State of Pennsylvania Monument, Hancock Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325
The Woman in White has sometimes been spotted here. Although she’s more frequently seen at Spangler’s Spring, far to the right of where we are now, you can hear about encounters with her by pausing and clicking on the Learn More button, below.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Devil’s Den, Sickles Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
No one knows for sure where the named Devil’s Den came from. But regardless of where the name originated it was never more apropos than on the second deadly day of July in the year 1863.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Codori Farm, 876-998 Emmitsburg Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
The Codori house in Gettysburg stood virtually in the middle of the site of some of the worst carnage in American history. In about 40 minutes of marching over the lush fields and fighting across the now famous stonewall.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Pickett’s Charge, Gettysburg, PA
West Confederate Avenue runs along Seminary Ridge, the main Confederate battle line on July 2nd, and 3rd the cannons and monuments marked the positions of Confederate units long gone now from Gettysburg and from this earth all around you as you drive is now peaceful field men died slowly.
