11 units · National Battlefield

National Battlefields

The National Park System has 11 units designated National Battlefield, spread across 10 states and territories. Petersburg National Battlefield draws more people than any of them, 494,000 in 2025. Most of them are free to enter.

Where they are

Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.

Ranked by 2025 visits

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No. 1 · 494,358 visits · VA
Petersburg National Battlefield
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 2 · 454,614 visits · TN
Stones River National Battlefield
Free to enter1 alert
No. 3 · 370,558 visits · MO
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Free to enter2 alerts
No. 4 · 225,783 visits · PA
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Free to enter2 alerts
No. 5 · 175,020 visits · SC
Cowpens National Battlefield
Free to enter1 alert
No. 6 · 161,006 visits · MD
Antietam National Battlefield
Entrance fee1 alert
No. 7 · 151,151 visits · KY, TN
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Free to enter1 alert
No. 8 · 116,902 visits · MD
Monocacy National Battlefield
Free to enterNo alerts
No. 9 · 55,708 visits · NC
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Free to enter3 alerts
No. 10 · 40,938 visits · MT
Big Hole National Battlefield
Free to enterNo alerts
No 2025 count · MS
Tupelo National Battlefield
Free to enterNo alerts

States with this designation

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Kentucky 1Maryland 2Missouri 1Mississippi 1Montana 1North Carolina 1Pennsylvania 1South Carolina 1Tennessee 2Virginia 1

Visit counts are from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics system. Designations, fees, alerts and campgrounds are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other unit types.