Little Round Top Rehabilitation

The three-day Battle of Gettysburg transformed Little Round Top in profound ways, and evidence of its violent history still marks the landscape today. The monuments, memorials, and breastworks left behind by veterans remain tangible links to the past, but generations of visitors have also affected this crucial location in ways those who fought and died here could not have imagined. In July 2022, Little Round Top closed for a major rehabilitation project to address overwhelmed parking areas and related safety hazards, significant erosion caused by visitor use, degraded vegetation, and poor accessibility. Heavy visitation has contributed significantly to deterioration of the landscape, including important natural and artificial defenses and historic topographic features of the battlefield. The rehabilitation aims to reestablish, preserve, and protect the battlefield landscape essential to understanding the three-day battle, while also improving access to the hill with better interpretive signage and new accessible trail alignments.

Pennsylvania · United States