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Ghosts of the Gettysburg Battlefield Self-Guided Driving Tour
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Ghosts of the Gettysburg Battlefield Self-Guided Driving Tour

By Action Day Trips
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Ages 0-120
Duration: 2–3 hours
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Mobile ticket
Audio guide: English
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Highlights
  • A self-led driving tour offers the most flexible way to tour the area
  • Once it’s downloaded, the audio file is valid for the entire year—use it multiple times
  • See landmarks like the Eisenhower National Historic Site and Devil’s Den
  • The tour is narrated by Mark Nesbitt, author of “Ghosts of Gettysburg”

  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
  • Comprehensive route and stops: See it all, miss nothing, leave no stone unturned!
  • Offline maps: no signal, no problem! Works perfectly without cellular or wifi.
  • Hands-free: audio stories play on their own based on your location. Easy to use!
  • Go at your own pace: Start anytime, pause anywhere, enjoy breaks for snacks and photos freely!
  • Great value: purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
  • Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
What's not included
  • Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
  • Entry/Admission - Gettysburg Heritage Center
  • Entry/Admission - Gettysburg
  • Entry/Admission - Gettysburg
  • Entry/Admission - Eisenhower National Historic Site


Start:
  • Gettysburg Heritage Center, 297 Steinwehr Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
    After booking the tour, search your email for the phrase "Set up your self-guided tour now." Follow these instructions NOW to finish setting up the tour while you have Wi-Fi/data. Do NOT wait until you are onsite.
End:
  • 1st Delaware Infantry Monument, 2nd Delaware Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Hancock Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
    The battlefield and roads are open from thirty minutes before sunrise to thirty minutes after sunset. This is not a night activity. Be sure to complete this tour by sunset. Some parts of the tour go through the battlefield, which closes at sunset.

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 259177P14

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Most travellers can participate
  • How to access: Once you book a tour, you’ll get a confirmation email with instructions. Follow the instructions right away: • Download the separate app • Enter the password • Download the tour • MUST DO while in strong wifi/cellular.
  • How to start the tour: Open Action’s separate audio tour guide app once onsite. • If there is just one tour, launch it. • If multiple tour versions exist, launch the one with your planned starting point and direction. • Go to the starting point. (Note: no one will meet you at the start. This tour is self-guided). • The audio will begin automatically at the starting point. If you face audio issues, visit the FAQ. • Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.
  • Amazing Savings: why pay for an expensive, crowded, and limited bus tour — priced per person! — when you can have ONE amazing audio guide on your OWN phone for your WHOLE group?
  • Flexibility and Convenience: • Use the tour app anytime, on any day, and over multiple days. It's perfect for tailoring your exploration and revisiting your favorite spots on future trips. • Start and pause the tour whenever you like, taking breaks and exploring side excursions at your own pace, free from the constraints of a group.
  • Comprehensive Tour Experience: • The app provides a full itinerary, travel tips, narrated audio stories, scripts, images, videos, and recommendations for additional activities. • Enjoy a private experience without the crowds, ideal for personalized stops and photo opportunities.
  • Ease of Use and Accessibility: • The app is hands-free and activates stories via GPS, offering support through call, chat, or email. • There is no need for a continuous cell or Wi-Fi connection as the GPS map works offline.
  • Memorable Keepsakes: • Utilize the app’s images to create a photo book or share on social media, ensuring you have high-quality, crowd-free memories from your trip.
  • Preparation: • After booking, download the app and the tour using a strong Wi-Fi connection. • Review the tour at home before your trip for a better experience.
  • Starting the Tour: • Open the app upon arrival at your destination. • Select the appropriate tour based on your starting point. • Head to the starting location; the audio will begin automatically. • Follow the suggested route and adhere to the speed limit for an optimal experience. • By following these instructions and taking advantage of the app's features, users can enjoy a personalized, flexible, and in-depth exploration of their destination at their own pace and convenience.
  • Minimum Mobile OS Requirement: iOS 14 or later / Android 9 (Pie) or later. It is compatible with iPad models that have a GPS chip.
  • CarPlay and Android Auto are not yet supported. Connect your phone via Bluetooth, USB, or Aux for audio. Use phone speakers if needed.
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 259177P14

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Itinerary
  • 297 Steinwehr Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
    After booking the tour, search your email for the phrase "Set up your self-guided tour now." Follow these instructions NOW to finish setting up the tour while you have Wi-Fi/data. Do NOT wait until you are onsite.
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  • 2nd Delaware Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Hancock Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
    The battlefield and roads are open from thirty minutes before sunrise to thirty minutes after sunset. This is not a night activity. Be sure to complete this tour by sunset. Some parts of the tour go through the battlefield, which closes at sunset.
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  • Action Day Trips
    465
    Gettysburg, United States
    Joined in March 2020
  • Judith C
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    So happy we got to experience Gettysburg. Beautiful small town, tons of history.
    This is an amazing service. Very simple to use and extremely informative. We were very happy with the experience. First time users.
    Written 16 November 2024
  • Sherpa775869
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Definitely a worthwhile experience!
    The audio tour was great! We loved going at our speed in our own car. The stops were informative. We got out for maybe half of them and it took us almost 3 hours for the tour. The only thing we’d change, is there was a good hour without any bathroom around, they should put more porta potties along the way! We will definitely do this tour again
    Written 14 November 2024
  • elviran855
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Gettysburg Battlefield Self Guided Audio Bundle Tour
    The trip is wonderful so much to see and learn. You can definitely spend the whole day and more to see everything. So many amazing monuments.
    Written 12 November 2024
  • vickiesH30VE
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Perfect for a first time visitor
    This is perfect for someone new to the Gettysburg experience. The narrator spoke clearly and very easy to understand. I learned a lot about the battle.
    Written 10 November 2024
  • kristyo146
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Inexpensive way to enjoy the Gettsyburg park. Very informative and easy to follow
    Great time. The guide was an amazing story teller. Loved that u could take ur time and enjoy the park. The walking tour was great also on e u reached the cemetery
    Written 7 November 2024
  • X1971TEernests
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fantastic tour!!
    The self driving tour was amazing. Follow the directions precisely, and it is a very informative and wonderful tour. We took a bus tour first to acquaint our sales with the battlefield. The self guided tour was so great because you can pause the tour and resume at your convenience. It allowed us to leave the vehicle and explore sites that were particularly interesting to us. We used it over a period three days. I would highly recommend to everyone.
    Written 4 November 2024
  • CGSLMC
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Car Tour very worth it!
    The application was easy to use once you figured it out. The narrator was easy to understand, and the information provided was very good. Especially liked the extra commentary on specific monuments and the commentary between stops. Going solo thru the battlefield, this made the day fly. I also liked that it took me off program (based on the auto tour signs) to Culps Hill and Spangler's spring. That was a great experience.
    Written 3 November 2024
  • Douglas M
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent tour!
    We enjoyed doing the self-driving audio tour. The commentator was excellent. It is unbelievable how many statues are along the tour. You should allow 2.5 - 3 hours to complete the entire tour.
    Written 31 October 2024
  • bsjagilbert
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Self guided auto tour.
    This was the best self guided tour! Easy to use. Lots of interesting facts shared and easy to recognize landmarks. The machine knows! Would highly recommend.
    Written 26 October 2024
  • EILEEN F
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Deeply moving experience
    It was my second visit and his first. We did the auto tour with audio/video guide. Could have spent the whole day but it would have been too much to take in. Made the whole history of those 3 days of battle come alive. Highly recommend it. Better than the bus tour because you can take your time and stop where you especially want to. We will return some day.
    Written 26 October 2024
  • Gina M
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Worth a few hours
    Amazing history and information. The narrator is easy to follow. I recommend allowing time to get out and look around at the recommended stops. There are over 1000 monuments to view and many original features. This is a great piece of history especially for those of us who didn’t pay attention in history class.
    Written 24 October 2024
  • 848brucem
    0 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Trip would not download
    Your trip would not download. I had to delegate the app and try it again and it still would not work. I am requesting a full refund
    Written 20 October 2024
  • dianewD5698OB
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Choose your own adventure
    While taking a teen to Gettysburg, I didn’t want to commit to a highly structured tour. This car tour was perfect. We started near where we ate lunch, then did a bit of the tour. We were all engaged in the stories. After taking a break we resumed the tour without missing a beat. This tour was perfect for our family and we will be looking to do more in the future.
    Written 20 October 2024
  • markclaym
    0 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Interesting and Informative
    To stand at the first stop where the three day battle began was pretty cool. The second and third stops where you are looking down at the battlefields was also cool, but after a while, one battlefield was much like another, just with a different story. To see them all requires driving through the city, which is a nightmare, and we were there on a Thursday in October! I was astounded at the traffic. I can't imagine what it would be like on weekends or holidays. The city itself has very little to offer in the way of historic significance, but is littered with touristy shops of all sorts. While we aren't sorry we went, unless Civil War history is a very specific interest, I really don't recommend it.
    Written 19 October 2024
  • 633shelinap
    0 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    See above
    When we arrived at start address, that specific building didn’t open until an hour later. When I called customer number for questions, no one could tel me the exact answers I needed. They didn’t have alot of knowledge about the starting address. If you are going to represent another business then they should know how to answer questions. The app didn’t work in the beginning when I first arrived at the starting point. The employee at the Heritage center took the time to get me started. The tour guide on the app was great, very detailed, very informative and kept us on the right direction, on time. We enjoyed the tour but I was very upset in the beginning that we couldn’t get answers when I needed them.
    Written 19 October 2024
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burl1010
10 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
This was a great tour for people who can't walk well, you can do it all from your car. We downloaded the app to my Android phone but the sound did not work, so we downloaded the app to an apple phone and it worked great. The best time, in our opinion, to do this tour is right before sunset, it makes it more spooky.Tour was easy to follow,and you can do it at your own pace. We enjoyed this adventure very much.
Written 12 August 2021
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Thanks for your review! Great tip about when to do this tour--it’s definitely spookiest when dusk is setting in! If you’re ever looking for other tours, spooky or not, check out our website at ActionTourGuide.com.
Written 31 August 2021
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Sheri M
Ardsley, NY282 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021
WOW! What fun! This experience allows you to enjoy history and the interesting stories at your own pace. We did it on two separate times....at night and completed during the day. We learned so much and got to enjoy it all with our own family. I can't wait to do this again somewhere else! They have other self guided tours.
Written 31 October 2021
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Thanks, Sheri! I’m thrilled that you and the entire family enjoyed the Ghosts of the Gettysburg Battlefield tour — it’s definitely a wonderfully spooky way to see the battlefield. I’m so glad to hear that you plan to try more of our tours — we have a few promos/discounts running on the website at the moment and we add more tours every month. Thanks again!
Written 1 November 2021
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Jeff A
1 contribution
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023
Not bad. Good information and the ghost stories were interesting. I got a little lost halfway thru, but circled around and was able to pickup where I got lost. I don't know if i would recommend it to someone traveling alone only because its hard to focus on what is being said and being able to look at the area or building you suppose to look at while driving.
Written 28 July 2023
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Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad to hear that you found the information and ghost stories interesting. I apologize for any confusion you experienced halfway through the tour, but I'm happy to know that you were able to circle back and continue the tour. Your feedback about focusing on the narration while driving is valuable, and I'll take it into consideration for future improvements. If you decide to travel again, my Action+ Tour Bundle offers a variety of self-guided tours that might suit your preferences. Thank you for choosing my tour, and I hope you have more great adventures ahead!
Written 31 July 2023
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GrandTour210037
Industry, PA4 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2021
Our family used the Ghosts of the Battlefield during our recent visit to Gettysburg. Although we failed to see any type of apparitions, the car tour took us through many historical battlefields. We enjoyed the background information provided throughout. Would liked to have listened to more stories during the driving downtimes from one field to the next. The gaps between audio comments was too long. We thought we lost connection at times. I would recommend this due to the reasonable cost for touring the battlefields from your car.
Written 7 September 2021
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Thank you for your review! This is one of our newer tours, and we’re so pleased that people are enjoying it. We appreciate your feedback as well since our tours are constantly evolving and being updated. If you’d like to check out more of what we offer, just head over to ActionTourGuide.com
Written 13 September 2021
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Denver22 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 • Family
First of all, great customer service. My 16 year old son and I purchased the Ghosts of the Battlefield. Download was easy, easy to follow map and instructions. Great 5G service all around Gettysburg. Unfortunately I thought it would talk about people who died there and maybe their back stories or haunting information, and it did, but it was also *VERY* gory. Lots of detail about the cut off arms and legs in piles, bodies rotting etc. Neither my son nor I enjoyed it (and he loves war, gory games, weapons, etc.). Customer service swapped it out for us and we just did the regular driving tour. That was a better fit and I'm glad I didn't spend $20 to get the one we wanted. Would recommend the app and the narration.
Written 9 June 2022
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I’m so glad we were able to exchange the ghost tour for the battlefield tour so that you enjoyed the trip!
Written 13 June 2022
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marf25
62 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 • Couples
First of all I want to say that we have been to Gettysburg MANY times. This audio tour was a ghosts of Gettysburg tour and we didn’t feel we got much of that. The main thing we didn’t like was that we felt that it was very difficult to get to the start of the tour because there were TWO different Gettysburg Heritage Centers. Of course we went to the wrong one at first. I don’t think I’d do this audio tour again. I think you could find much better info about ghost sightings, etc online or on YouTube.
Written 1 October 2024
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It sounds like you might have gone to the wrong location—there’s only one Gettysburg Heritage Center, and the other spot is the Gettysburg National Military Park. The starting point is mentioned in my listing and the instruction email. It also seems you didn’t take my Ghosts audio tour, as this complaint hasn’t happened before. If you didn’t use my product, please contact me for a refund.
Written 4 October 2024
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Josh E
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 • Friends
I was very excited about this tour based on the reviews, but honestly it wasn’t very good. This really wasn’t much of a ghost tour, rather more of a history lesson with little bits of ghost stories sprinkled in. Normally I would have enjoyed that personally, but the party I was with wanted more haunted stories than history.

When it comes to all the 30 something points where there’s audio input, we expected a lot more stories. It seemed like about 60%-70% of them were just directions. The actual tour with stories didn’t even start until around stop 13 or so. Also, how was Sachs’ Bridge not a part of this tour?! Considering how active the hauntings are supposed to be there, I was shocked it was not included!

Lastly, the tour specifically says to drive 25 mph throughout the drive. Mainly because if you got to the next location too fast, it would cut off the last story and begin with the next one. So we assumed that there would be stories playing for the majority of the drive, being timed out appropriately for very little down time. We were very disappointed to find out that was not the case at all.

So in conclusion, if you want a real ghost tour, look elsewhere. If you want a basic history lesson with some mild spookiness to it, then this could be up your alley.
Written 5 October 2024
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Josh, thanks for trying my Ghosts of the Gettysburg Battlefield Self-Guided Driving Tour! I appreciate your feedback about the balance between ghost stories and history; the tour is designed to blend both elements. While Sachs Bridge is a notable site, it isn’t part of my audio tour as it's a bit far from my audio tour route. Following the app's suggested pace ensures a seamless flow of stories, and don’t forget to check the "Learn More" section for in-depth insights. Your suggestions are invaluable, and I’m always looking to improve!
Written 7 October 2024
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Brian O
57 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
A ghost tour of Gettysburg should be a home run. However this was convoluted and seemed like a bad mix of a tour and ghost tour which are two different things. We had already toured the battlefield, and our family wanted to hear some ghost stories. Instead we got some watered down stories that were not scary at all mixed with a retread tour of the battlefield. We only made it thru half the tour and the entire family was begging to turn it off. Really disappointed with our purchase and would encourage you to think twice. With all the history, this should have been easy and fantastic.
Written 11 October 2022
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Thank you for your insight! Maybe, because you did Gettysburg Battlefield and the Ghost of Gettysburg together. We recommend that everyone take the ghost of battlefield tours two hours before sunset (park closing time). The best part about our products is that they have no expiration date so you can listen to them at your leisure. I will gladly exchange this for any of my other 100 US tours. Please notify me.
Written 17 October 2022
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Tracey B
West Bloomfield Township, MI2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Couples
The app guided us through the battlefields at our own pace!! Additionally, we were not on the same audio tour as others which allowed us to avoid many of the “crowds”. The side “ghost stories” were intertwined with the history which made it fun! Note that you need to download the app and tour first! We did so. Still took a minute to figure out that some of the stops were actually just “navigation instructions “. Overall great experience! Would definitely do this again for other tours!
Written 17 July 2023
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Thank you so much! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed your time at Gettysburg with the audio tour that you were able to take at your own pace. If you have plans to travel more, you might be interested in my Action+ Tour Bundle, which includes over 100 self-guided tours. Thank you for your feedback and have a great day!
Written 18 July 2023
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Athena L
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2024 • Family
Very easy to use and directions were simple to follow. It took a minute to figure out how it worked but after we got to the first location it started on its own.

This tour was excellent because it combined the historical significance of the locations around Gettysburg, but also wove in stories of hauntings and creepy stories. This was a way to do the history tour without too much of the war and battle explanations, which aren’t everyone’s thing. I liked how it instructed you to park and then just stopped playing until you’re driving at a new location. We got to go the entire way at our own pace and explore when we wanted to.

WAY better than a guided walking tour in the summer heat!!
Written 13 July 2024
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Athena, I'm so glad you found my Ghosts of the Gettysburg Battlefield Self-Guided Driving Tour easy to use and informative! The combination of history and haunting stories adds to the experience. If you want more adventures, check out my 100+ Self-Guided Driving & Walking Tours by Action. Enjoy your next journey!
Written 16 July 2024
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