Gettysburg Self-Guided Outdoor Mystery Game
- 2–3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Escape the Park turns Gettysburg into a self-guided outdoor mystery played entirely on your phone. Choose one of three games. The Drummer Boy's Secret is a counting mission for junior agents across five monuments. The Turning Point rides the battle in the order it happened, from the woods west of town to the cemetery where Lincoln spoke, and seven engraved words each surrender a letter. The Unquiet Field uses Gettysburg's ghost stories as doors into documented history, from Sachs Covered Bridge to Devil's Den and Little Round Top. Every answer is engraved on a permanent, publicly visible feature - an inscription, a statue, a War Department tablet - so you have to be there to solve it. No guide, no reservation, no set start time. Drive between the stops, walk the last hundred yards, and take as long as you like.
Inclusions
What's included
- All puzzles, clues and story content, playable in your phone browser
- Full access to one self-guided mystery game across Gettysburg National Military Park
- Unlimited replays of your link for the length of your visit
Itinerary
The soldiers' cemetery where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Stops here appear in two of the three games - you read the inscriptions on the Soldiers' National Monument and the Lincoln Address Memorial and take a letter from each.
The rocky hill on the Union left, held on the second day. Two of the three games send you to the summit to read a regimental monument and take a letter from its inscription.
The boulder maze at the foot of the Round Tops, and one of the most photographed places on the field. In The Unquiet Field you park here and walk in to read a monument among the rocks.
The 1854 covered bridge over Marsh Creek, crossed by both armies in 1863 and the opening stop of The Unquiet Field. You read the date and the builder's marks on the timbers.
The battlefield itself. Depending on the game you also stop at Oak Hill and the Eternal Light Peace Memorial, Seminary Ridge and the ground of Pickett's Charge, the Wheatfield, and the monuments along Hancock Avenue. All stops are free and publicly visible.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Your game's exact start point is on your voucher: The Drummer Boy's Secret at the National Cemetery (Taneytown Road gate), The Turning Point on South Reynolds Avenue, The Unquiet Field at Sachs Covered Bridge. No check-in - open the link on your phone and begin.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Escape the Park
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Gettysburg
- Its from-price is 25% below the median of the 64 experiences we list in Gettysburg.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Gettysburg
Gettysburg is a small Pennsylvania town beside the battlefield where the Union army defeated Lee's army in July 1863, with museums, monuments and orchards.
Gettysburg is a small town in south-central Pennsylvania, surrounded by farmland and low ridges. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought here over three days in July 1863, the largest battle of the American Civil War, and the Union victory is seen as a turning point. The battlefield is now a national military park, covering miles of fields and ridges with hundreds of monuments, cannon and markers.
Top-ranked sights in Gettysburg: Gettysburg National Military Park, Little Round Top, Jennie Wade House.
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