Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historic Park

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove Plantation. The National Park Service does not operate any facilities within the park at this time. Much of the park remains under private ownership and for this reason, most of the park is still closed to visitors. A visitor center operated by the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation is open to the public at the battlefield site. The Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove is also a U.S. National Historic Landmark and the 900-acre (360 ha) "Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove", is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The plantation house of Belle Grove (1797) in Middletown, Virginia is open to the public and operates independently as part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.