Brandy Station

Battle of Brandy Station
Buford's Knoll Walking Trail

The marker for the Buford's Knoll Walking Trail is at the trailhead on land preserved by the Civil War Trust on the Brandy Station battlefield just north of the Culpeper Regional Airport.

There is a wayside marker at the trailhead and four others along the two-mile trail:

The Civil War in Culpeper County

Surprises at the Crossing

Buying Time on the Beverly Ford Road

The Stone Wall on the Cunningham Farm

Rooney Lee's Fighting Retreat.

Location and Directions

The marker is at the trailhead for Buford's Knoll Walking Trail, on Beverly Ford Road north of the James Madison Highway (U.S. 15 & 29), north of the Culpeper Regional Airport. (38.53247° N, 77.85802° W; see map)

From the marker

Battle of Brandy Station
Buford's Knoll Walking Trail

Welcome to the Civil War Preservation Trust's Brandy Station Battlefield! The battlefield walking trail is a two-mile path that takes you past four wayside signs interpreting the 1863 fighting on Beverly Ford Road and at Buford's Knoll. Allow two hours to walk the trail.

The trail has a mown walking surface; please do not stray from this trail. Beware of ticks and snakes that thrive in the fields surrounding the trail.

Most importantly, please enjoy your time in these beautiful fields and reflect that this experience would have been significantly different if this land had been paved over to build a shopping mall or subdivision. To help CWPT preserve other battlefields like Brandy Station, please call 1-888-606-1400.

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

The Hallowell Foundation generously contributed toward the interpretation of this site in memory of Carrington Williams.