Cedar Creek • Tour the Battlefield • Battle Maps • The Armies
A monument and several historical markers are on the north end of the battlefield:
Monument to Colonel Charles R. Lowell
Battle of Cedar Creek historical marker
End of Sheridan’s Ride historical marker
The Cauldron wayside marker
Heater Fields wayside marker
Engagement at Middletown Virginia historical marker
Union Counterattack historical marker
Cedar Creek Tour
Continuing from the Belle Grove tour page on Meadow Mills Road, turn left onto Veterans Road for 0.4 mile. Turn right onto 4th Street (State Route 635) for 0.3 mile.
Stop 7 – Mount Caramel Cemetery
Stop at the small parking area in front of the second set of cemetery entrance gates. Visitors are encouraged to visit, but please be respectful of this active cemetery. Continue 0.3 mile northeast along High Street until it ends at Chapel Road. Turn right onto Chapel Road for 100 yards, then turn left onto Mineral Street for 0.5 mile.
Stop 8 – Miller’s Mill
Park the car on the right side of the road, opposite the Miller house and just beyond the intersection. The Miller House is privately owned and not open to the public. (Visitors are encouraged to stay in their vehicles). Continue northwest 0.8 mile on Cougill Road. Turn right onto Hites Road for 0.9 mile. Turn right onto Klines Mill Road for 0.9 mile.
Stop 9 – Sheridan’s Arrival
Park in the gravel on the right side of the small bridge. (Visitors are encouraged to stay in their vehicles). Continue 0.5 mile. Turn right (south) onto U.S. Route 11 for 1.4 miles. Turn left onto Skirmisher Lane (opposite Cougill Road). This is the 3rd entrance into Lord Fairfax Community College.
Stop 10 – Union Counterattack
This is at the parking lot at the southern end of the Lord Fairfax Community College campus. Please park in the first available parking spaces at the edge of the parking lot. The “Battle of Cedar Creek” state historical marker is at the western end of the parking lot next to Route 11.