Valley Forge National Historical Park

Fog in one of the many grassy meadow in Valley Forge National Historical park
Valley Forge is the encampment site of the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-1778. The park features 3,500 acres of meadows, woodlands, and monuments commemorating the sacrifices and perseverance of the Revolutionary War generation and honoring the power of people to pull together and overcome adversity during extraordinary times.
Map showing location of park.
A ring-shaped graph has colored segments showing about half secondary effects, with gas, groceries, hotels, recreation industries, restaurants, retail, and transportation making up smaller sections.
Tourism to Valley Forge National Historical Park contributes $44.7 million to local economy
A new National Park Service report shows that 1.9 million visitors to Valley Forge National Historical Park in 2023 spent $27.2 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 411 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the economy of $44.7 million.
outdoors, log huts, gravel path, sunset, clouds
Photo by NPS Photo / Gregory Purifoy
a building that extends into a hillside with a flagpole and landscaping out front
Photo by NPS Photo/ G. Purifoy
outdoors, monument, statue, man on horse, grass, trees, clouds.
Photo by NPS Photo
outdoors, grass, trees, stone house, blue sky
Photo by NPS Photo
outdoors, arch, monument, snow, trees
Photo by NPS Photo