Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Pennsylvania
Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Pennsylvania is a National Scenic Byway in Pennsylvania. Within Pennsylvania it covers roughly 14 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Pennsylvania with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Pennsylvania's 14-mile stretch of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Scenic Byway begins at the junction of US 15 and PA 394 and runs straight through Gettysburg National Military Park. It's the northern anchor of a 180-mile, three-state byway that continues south through Maryland to Monticello, Virginia. Along this short Pennsylvania segment alone, the corridor passes the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, a 1938 monument marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Soldiers' National Cemetery, where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863. The route also reaches the 189-acre Eisenhower National Historic Site, the farm Dwight D. Eisenhower used as a retreat during and after his presidency. The full Hallowed Ground corridor is billed as covering 400 years of American history — colonial settlement, the Revolutionary War, the Underground Railroad, and the Civil War — and this Pennsylvania end concentrates almost entirely on the last of those.
- 14-mile PA segment, US 15 & PA 394
- Runs through Gettysburg National Military Park
- Eternal Light Peace Memorial (1938)
- Soldiers' National Cemetery — Gettysburg Address site
- Eisenhower National Historic Site (189 acres)
- Part of a 180-mile, 3-state National Scenic Byway
Designated for its historic qualities
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Places to stop along Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Pennsylvania
Hunterstown Battlefield
The site of a cavalry clash on July 2, 1863, northeast of Gettysburg, in a village settled in the 1700s.
Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center
The national military park's visitor center, with the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting and the start of the battlefield auto tour.
WebsiteSoldiers' National Museum
A Civil War museum in a downtown Gettysburg building that housed an orphanage for soldiers' children after the war.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower's farm and only home, where he hosted world leaders, reached by shuttle from the visitor center.
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Where to Stay along Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Pennsylvania
2 campgrounds and RV parks sit within about 5 miles of Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - Pennsylvania.
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What is a National Scenic Byway?
National Scenic Byways are roads recognized at the federal level for at least one outstanding quality — scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational — that gives travelers a reason to seek them out rather than just pass through.