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Battle of Fredericksburg • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Armies

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The Marye’s Heights Compass Rose is one of several placed on the battlefields around Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. There is another compass at Prospect Hill at Stop Six on the Auto Tour.

From the distances on the compass, going clockwise:

N
Falmouth 2.2 m.
Washington 50 m.
Stafford Heights 1.5 m.
Rappahannock River 1 m.

E
Port Royal 20 m.
Confederate Right 4 m.

S
Richmond 55 m.
Lee’s Hill 0.6 m.

W
Orange C.H. 35 m.
Culpeper C.H. 32 m.
Warrenton 37 m.
Marye House 0.3 m.

Location of the Compass Rose on Marye’s Heights

The marker is in the National Cemetery southwest of the Visitor Center. Follow the path from the Sunken Road entry to the cemetery, up the hill past the flagpole, then follow the crest of the hill about 400 feet past the flagpole.