There are nine hiking trails and one short paved walking path at Antietam National Battlefield. These are some of the best battlefield trails in the National Park System. Not only do they allow visitors to walk the actual landscapes where the bloodiest day in American history took place, but they also pass by monuments, farms, and artillery exhibits that aren’t accessible by vehicle.
See the following trail reports for details and plenty of photos:
Antietam Remembered Trail
.25-mile paved loop, easy
Bloody Lane Trail
1.7-mile loop, moderate
Cornfield Trail
1.2-mile loop, easy
Final Attack Trail
1.7-mile loop, moderate
Sherrick Farm Trail
1-mile out-and-back (2 miles round trip), moderate
Snavely Ford Trail
2-mile loop, moderate
Three Farms Trail
1.7 mile out-and-back (3.4 miles round trip), easy to moderate
Tidball Trail
.4 mile out-and-back (.8 mile round trip), moderately strenuous
Union Advance Trail
1-mile loop, moderate
West Woods Trail
1-mile loop, easy to moderate
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Last updated on May 18, 2023