Start of the Fort Monroe Walking Tour at Fort Monroe National Monument

Length: 3 miles
Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Easy, flat with a few steep ramps to climb

A walking tour of Fort Monroe and a few historic buildings outside the fort has been put together by the Fort Monroe Authority. You can pick up a tour brochure at the Fort Monroe Visitor Center. The tour starts at the Casemate Museum and then continues outside the front door. While an initial sign points the way to start the tour, after that you are pretty much on your own when it comes to figuring out where all the stops are.

For a virtual tour for Fort Monroe, visit the following web pages (these are the same stops as on the walking tour). A navigational menu at the bottom of each page takes you to the next and previous tour stop.

Stop 1: The Casemate Museum

Stop 2: Robert E. Lee’s Quarters

Stop 3: Flag Staff Bastion

Stop 4: Chapel of the Centurion

Stop 5: Lincoln Gun

Stop 6: Quarters 1

Stop 7: Battery Gatewood

Stop 8: Water Battery

Stop 9: Batteries Parrot and Irwin

Stop 10: Old Point Comfort Lighthouse

Stop 11: Engineer Wharf

Stop 12: The Chamberlain Hotel

Stop 13: Saint Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church

Stop 14: Fort Monroe Arsenal