Name: Birding 102: Battlefield Birding
Location: National Park Event Location

<div data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Put your birding knowledge to practice. Join a ranger on a guided 1-mile hike learning basic birding skills and practice IDing the birds we see and hear. </div>
<div data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white">This program is designed for birding beginners, but all experience levels are welcome. </div>
<div data-ogsc="black">If you have binoculars please bring them with you, we have a limited supply of lender binoculars if you need to borrow a pair.  </div>

American Bald Eagle perched in a leafless tree.

Birding 102: Battlefield Birding 

Two hundred ninety-two days, eight offensives, over 70,000 casualties, U. S. Colored Troops, and the decline of Gen. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia all describe the Siege of Petersburg. U.S. forces cut off supplies to both Petersburg and the Confederate capital, Richmond. Today, the park preserves the sites of this pivotal campaign.

Plantation home prior to the War. U.S. Quartermaster Headquarters during the Siege.

Appomattox Plantation (Eppes Home)

Snow covered cannon overlooking the Crater Battlefield

Snow Covered Cannon

Pictured is the front of the brick visitor center under a cloudless blue sky.

Eastern Front Visitor Center

Fort Fisher

Petersburg

The Eastern Front Unit includes our main visitor center and a four mile, 8-stop tour road which includes the Fort Stedman and Crater battlefields. During Spring and Summer, the tour road closes at sunset or 8:00 pm (whichever is earlier). In the Fall and Winter, the tour road closes at 5:00pm.


The Visitor Center is open from 9:00 - 5:00 pm daily except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day when the park is closed.

Closed - Thanksgiving Day

Closed - Christmas Day

Closed - New Years Day

Eastern Front Tour Road and Trails

The grounds, with wayside exhibits are open during daylight hours.

General Grant's Headquarters at City Point

The recreational trails and driving tour stops are open daily.

Birding 102: Battlefield Birding

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