Morristown National Historical Park
National Historical Park · Morristown, New Jersey
THE FIRST NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK EVER ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, designated in 1933, and the ground where the Continental Army survived two winters — including the winter of 1779-80, which was the worst of the eighteenth century in the northeast and saw twenty-eight separate snowfalls at Jockey Hollow. Washington kept his headquarters in the Ford Mansion while his army built a thousand log huts in the hills and starved through it. More men were lost here to cold, hunger and disease than in most battles of the war, and the fact that the army was still an army in the spring is the reason the row exists.
30 Washington Place, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States
A National Park Service unit in FOUR SEPARATE PARTS several miles apart — the Ford Mansion and museum in town, Jockey Hollow in the hills, Fort Nonsense, and the New Jersey Brigade area. A CAR IS REQUIRED, and UNIT HOURS DIFFER and reduce out of season with some closing on weekdays. Modest admission covers the Ford Mansion and museum, with under-16s generally free and the America the Beautiful pass accepted; JOCKEY HOLLOW AND FORT NONSENSE ARE FREE. The Ford Mansion is GUIDED-ONLY on a rolling schedule with limited places that fill, and the last tour leaves well before closing. Living history demonstrations run free at Jockey Hollow on a seasonal calendar. Federal holiday closures apply.
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