A very easy self-driven tour around a very significant - yet almost anonymous - battlefield (The battle that saved Washington). The visitor center is first class (don't miss the interactive battlefield map). The two staff members were extraordinarily helpful

Loaded up the car with my son and his friends and had a great day! My son had been there on a field trip with his class and really wanted to go back.

We visited Monocacy on a weekend in June 2012 but all of the Ranger programs for the day were cancelled as most of the staff and volunteers were at Antietam for some activities related to the 150th anniversary of that battle even though it occurred on September 17th. Nevertheless, we did enjoy our visit to this battle field where General... More

The Monocacy Naional Battlefield building is relatively small for museum but had some interesting displays. The fields themselves are self guided and broken into different areas. Great place to take the kids.

The Monocacy National Battlefield is worth a visit, if you are truly interested in the Civil War. No, it is not Gettysburg or Antietam, but you will learn how the Union held off the Confederate advance here in 1864, and in the end saved Washington by giving the VI Corps more time to reinforce the capital. If you only have... More

Here on what is now called the Monocacy National battlefield was fought a skirmish that changed the course of history. If a Union officer had not been dispatched to find out why the telegraph line to harper'sFerry was out, if he did not engage in a battle with Jubal Early that delayed his march on Washington,if Early had not decided... More

There is so much Civil War history in the Washington/Pennsylvania corridor that folks can focus on Antietam and Gettysburg and forget that many skirmishes took place in the surrounding counties. The Monocacy site has been upgrades to include a very comprehensive visitors center where you can learn about the battle and then visit the surrounding farms where there are some... More

Monocacy is one of the lesser known battlefields of the Civil War. The visitor center is newer having been built in 2007. There is no film but there is an electric map presentation at the visitor center to explain the battle. We also did the auto tour and visited the historic farms on the battlefield. We were not able to... More

I had never heard of this battlefield but I really enjoyed it. Great time to be here, lots of fall color at the different stops. Ended up hiking around the river and seeing lots of deer.