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Saratoga National Historical Park

Battlefield

Established 1938, the park preserves the terrain of the Battles of Saratoga — Freeman's Farm (September 19) and Bemis Heights (October 7) — and the surrender site. The 9.5-mile tour road traces the engagements chronologically; interpretive stops mark the American fortified lines on Bemis Heights, the Freeman's Farm clearing, and the Breymann Redoubt. The Boot Monument — a boot without a name, commemorating Arnold's wounded leg — is among the most unusual memorials in American military history.

Visiting Today

Address

648 Route 32, Stillwater, NY 12170

Hours

Park open daily year-round; Visitor Center: daily 9am–5pm (seasonal hours vary)

Admission

$10 per vehicle (NPS)

Connected Events

Sep 1777
Kosciuszko Fortifies Bemis Heights

John Burgoyne, Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Sep 1777
First Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm)

Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Daniel Morgan, John Burgoyne

Oct 1777
Oct 1777
Arnold Wounded at the Breymann Redoubt

Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold

Oct 1777
Second Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights)

John Burgoyne, Brigadier General Simon Fraser, Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Daniel Morgan

Oct 1777
Death of General Fraser

Horatio Gates, Daniel Morgan, John Burgoyne, Brigadier General Simon Fraser, Ebenezer Learned

Oct 1777
Burgoyne's Surrender

Horatio Gates, John Burgoyne

Dec 1777