Be a Fort Monroe Junior Ranger
The Junior Ranger program helps kids explore, learn about, and protect Fort Monroe National Monument. Anyone can become a Junior Ranger by completing activities during a visit to the park.
Year-round Pets allowed
National Monument · VA
Things to do in Fort Monroe
The National Park Service lists 7 things to do at Fort Monroe National Monument. 7 have no extra fee, 6 need no reservation, and 5 allow pets. Each listing links to the full NPS page. Data is from the NPS snapshot of Oct 28, 2026.
Updated · NPS Data API
Commemorate the First African Landing
Come together at Fort Monroe each August to commemorate the landing of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia. Their historic arrival still has a profound impact on the United States and its people.
Pets allowed
Discover Fort Monroe's African American Heritage
Immerse yourself in over four hundred years of African American history. That story begins in 1619 with the arrival of the first enslaved Africans at Old Point Comfort. It continued through the age of slavery and abolition, and into the 2000s.
45 Minutes Year-round Pets allowed
Join a Guided Tour of Fort Monroe
National Park Service and the Fort Monroe Authority offer guided walking tours year-round. Tours may answer questions about different aspects of Fort Monroe's history. What peoples came to this area and what were their legacies?
45-60 Minutes Year-round Pets allowed
See Exhibits at the Casemate Museum
Exhibits at the Casemate Museum chronicle the military history of Fort Monroe. Get your free museum ticket Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center. The Casemate Museum is within the stone fort.
30-60 Minutes Year-round Reservation required
Start at the Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center
Start at the Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center Pick up a park brochure, ticket for the Casemate Museum, and a self-guiding walking tour. Stamp your Passport to Your National Parks. Kids can get their Junior Ranger activity book.
15-60 Minutes Year-round
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Take a Self-Guiding Walking Tour
Start by getting a self-guiding walking tour brochure outside the Visitor & Education Center at 30 Ingalls Road, Fort Monroe, Virginia.
60-90 Minutes Year-round Pets allowed
Before you go
Check current alerts and closures, entrance fees and operating hours for Fort Monroe. Programs and tours can change with the season or be cancelled on short notice — confirm on the NPS page before you plan around one.
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Sources
- National Park Service Data API — things to do, snapshot of Oct 28, 2026. Descriptions are short excerpts; photos are NPS photos shown from nps.gov with their credit.
- Fort Monroe National Monument — things to do on nps.gov