Gettysburg Self-Guided Outdoor Mystery Game

Gettysburg, USA
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Duration2h - 3h
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Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

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 a historic covered bridge to Devil's Den and Little Round Top. Every answer is engraved on a permanent, publicly visible feature, 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.

Options

The Drummer Boy's Secret

Duration: 2 hours
Jr. Agents 6-12 - 5 stops: Five stops, about 1.5-2 hours and 3 miles. Count real things at each monument, then decode them.

The Unquiet Field

Duration: 3 hours
Deep Dive - 8 stops: Eight stops, about 2.5-3 hours and 11 miles. Ghost stories that open into documented history.

The Turning Point

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Intermediate - 7 stops: Seven stops, about 2-2.5 hours and 9 miles. Seven engraved words across the battlefield each give a letter.

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

What to expect

  1. Gettysburg National Cemetery
    20m
    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.
  2. Little Round Top
    15m
    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.
  3. Devils Den
    15m
    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.
  4. Sachs Covered Bridge
    15m
    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.
  5. Gettysburg National Military Park
    1h
    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.

Meeting and pickup

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.

End point

End points vary by game. The Turning Point finishes inside the National Cemetery, and The Unquiet Field finishes next door at Evergreen Cemetery, which is open to respectful visitors in daylight only. The Drummer Boy's Secret finishes on West Confederate Avenue, on the far side of the battlefield.

Additional information

  • 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

Cancellation policy

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