Harpers Ferry Main • Tour the Battlefield > N Schoolhouse Ridge • Timeline
North Schoolhouse Ridge is a north-south ridge west of Harpers Ferry that parallels Bolivar Heights, the main Union position during in September of 1862. Confederate forces formed on the ridge on September 13, facing the Union forces and their skirmish line in the valley between the two ridges.
The North Schoolhouse Ridge trail is about 1.75 miles round trip.
Wayside Markers on North Schoolhouse Ridge
Battle of Harpers Ferry – Jackson Arrives
Assessing the Obstacle
Confederates Converge
Destined for Antietam
Fake Attack – September 14
Location of the trailhead
The North Schoolhouse Ridge Trailhead along with the Battle of Harpers Ferry and Jackson Arrives wayside markers are west of Harpers Ferry on the west side of Bakerton Road about 0.75 mile north of U.S. 340. (39°19’32.0″N 77°46’04.0″W)