Slyder Farmhouse
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- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:47 UTC
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
The Slyder Farmhouse is an exceptional year-round place to stay and is located within the Gettysburg National Military Park, where it witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg. Beautifully restored and updated in 2024, the house is set back from the roadways and nestled within famous landmarks like Little Round Top and Devil's Den, and near the historic town of Gettysburg. Keep reading
Recreation
There are numerous ways to experience the battlefield. Visit the park's Things to Do page to learn about self-guided auto tours, licensed battlefield guided tours, easy paved walking trails as well as unpaved to explore and hike. Trails are available in close proximity to the home. At the park's visitor center, visitors can marvel at the Gettysburg cyclorama painting, original artifacts, or find their own civil war ancestors. A variety of ranger-led programs are offered throughout the day. Also, Eisenhower National Historic Site is just about five minutes away. It is the only home ever owned by the 34th president.
Facilities
The Slyder Farmhouse offers a large loft bedroom with 1 queen bed and 1 queen murphy bed; 1 bathroom; fully-equipped and updated eat-in kitchen with dishes, utensils, Keurig coffee maker, stove, microwave, dishwasher and refrigerator; and sitting room. Central heating and air conditioning provide comfort year-round. Bed linens, sheets, pillows, and a limited supply of towels are available. Dish soap and dishwasher detergent are provided. Keyless access code provided prior to scheduled arrival. Interested in the history of the house? Slyder Farmhouse History Natural Features The 6,000 acre Gettysburg National Military Park comprises a mosaic of pastoral landscapes and forested knolls, with pockets of dispersed wetland and intermittent streams. The park includes woodlots and forested habitat with mature oak and hickory trees. Springtime brings a variety of wildflowers such as bluebells and violets that cover the landscape with color. From summer to fall, the field and forest floors will come to life with the many species of aster and goldenrod found in the park. Black-eyed susan is abundant throughout the park. Visitors can also see cardinal flowers, a favorite to hummingbirds and distinguishable by its bright scarlet flower. The park is also home to numerous birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (717) 338-4479.
Nearby Attractions
Within a short drive, visitors can explore the town of Gettysburg with even more historic sites, quaint shops, and restaurants to please every palate. Throughout Adams County, visitors will find wineries, cider makers, cultural and music festivals, covered bridges, antiques, crafts, and farmers' markets brimming with local apples and other fresh, local produce. About 45 minutes away is Hershey, Pennsylvania which is home to Chocolate World and Hershey Park. And, just 35 minutes from Hershey is Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Dutch country.
Charges & Cancellations
A $10 cancellation or change fee applies if the reservation is changed or cancelled. Customers who cancel within 14 days before the arrival date will also forfeit the first night's use fee.
What the agency tells you
By making this reservation, you agree to complete the reservation process, as outlined below: Step 1: Please visit Recreation.gov to review our properties and dates of availability. Step 2: Once you have identified the property and dates you are interested in booking, you will be able to book your reservation! Step 3: IMPORTANT: The leasing agreement must be completed in full and submitted to GETT_Housing_Rental@nps.gov. This action finalizes your booking! Please complete/return the leasing agreement within 24 - 48 hours within receiving. The leasing agreement will be emailed to you for signing approximately 4 weeks before your check-in date. If you do not submit the completed leasing agreement, your reservation will be released.
Reservations may be made up to 6 months in advance. A minimum 2-consecutive night stay and a maximum 6-consecutive night stay. The Lessee shall pay to the Lessor the nightly rent plus a $250.00 refundable security deposit. In the event of the failure of Lessee to keep and perform all of the terms, covenants, and conditions of this Lease, Lessor may apply or use any portion of the security deposit that is reasonably necessary to compensate Lessor for all loss or damage sustained or suffered by Lessor. Payment in full required at time you book reservation. A $10 cancellation or change fee applies if the reservation is changed or cancelled. Customers who cancel within 14 days before the arrival date will also forfeit the first night's use fee.
A Keyless Access code will be provided via email (welcome letter) approximately 5-7 days before your check-in date. Check-in is 4:00 PM and check-out is 10:00 AM. The 10am check-out time is strict. We have multiple houses to complete turnovers for in a short period of time and it is very important that we have the complete time allotted for this. If any guest stays beyond the check-out time, we will have the right to cancel future stays at any of our historic houses. Check out procedures - Lessee shall broom sweep all floors; place all used towels, etc. in the provided hamper; strip used bed linens and leave on bed; empty all trash and recycling, and leave next to the door outside; place dirty dishes in the dishwasher and begin wash cycle; and remove any personal belongings by 10 AM on the termination date of the lease. Door must be locked upon leaving. Vehicles are to be removed from the premises after the termination of the lease, and access to the property is unauthorized after check-out. Violation of this policy can result in ineligibility for future rentals and ticketing and/or removal of vehicles from the premises.
Everything else this campground posts · 9
The Person named on the reservation (Lessee) must be an occupant of the property during the entire term of the lease. The maximum capacity for tenancy for the leased premises is 4.
Parking is limited to the designated area. Lessee must ensure that no vehicles are parked on the drives or outside of the designated area. Trailers, campers and/or RV's are prohibited.
The park is closed from sunset to sunrise. Lessee and all occupants staying are prohibited from exploring areas outside the leased boundaries while the park is closed. During these hours Lessee shall not cause any unnecessarily loud, excessive, or unusual noise, where such noise is plainly audible.
This is a very old historic house; please be respectful and careful to help preserve its history.
The house is not wheelchair accessible. Pets are not permitted at house. Service dogs are permitted. No Smoking. Digging on the premises is prohibited. Open fires on the premises are prohibited. Tents or any type of temporary structures on the premises are prohibited. No toiletries are provided. Please be sure to bring your own. There are no laundry facilities in the house. Wi-Fi is available - service may be spotty at times, there are no televisions in the house. Cell phone service is available - service may be weak at times.
White-tail deer are abundant in the area, so deer ticks carrying Lyme disease are also prevalent. Be sure to check for ticks and/or wear protective clothing with any outdoor activities.
Please be advised that there may be ongoing park operations near the Slyder Farmhouse during your stay, potentially including permitted special events, interpretive activities, field mowing, use of prescribed fire, and deer management activities. None of these activities will occur within the perimeter of the Slyder Farmhouse yard. Driveway access will be maintained as open at all times. The driveway is an authorized trail for horses and pedestrians as well as providing access for maintenance purposes and should never be blocked.
Any maintenance issues should be reported immediately and repairs will be made as soon as possible. Refunds will not be given due to a breakdown.
Violations of any of these conditions will result in the immediate termination of this lease and forfeiture of all fees paid.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 cabin
- Hookups
- 1 electric
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Campfires
- Not allowed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- SHOWERS on 1 of 1 campsite records, Shower/Bath Type states a shower on all 1 of this campground's campsite records
- Stay limit
- 6 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Creek
- Biking
- Birding
- Evening Programs
- Fishing
- Guided Interpretive Walks
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Horseback riding
- Ranger programs
- Observation Site
- Visitor center
- Wildlife viewing
- Cell signal · Cell signal · Park Service says
- Yes
- Fall color · reported 8 days ago, in Adams County
- Minimal color
Full this Saturdayread 15:47 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
1 campground has sites open within 30 miles, read 16:52 UTC. See them
OpenBooked
The one site on offer is taken this Friday and Saturday. 1 is free on Tue, Oct 20. read 15:47 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
Watch for a cancellation
Watch this campground
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 12
What you actually pay
“A $10 cancellation or change fee applies if the reservation is changed or cancelled.” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
Open within 30 miles this weekend · 1
Sites the agency is offering this Friday and Saturday that nobody has taken, nearest first. read 16:52 UTC
- Owens Creek CampgroundCatoctin Mountain Park · 15 mi · 6 of 94 site-nights open
recreation.gov availability, read 15:47 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 1 of the 1 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 1 of the 1 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Slyder Farmhouse | Slyder Farmhouse | cabin electric | 311 ft | 1,779 ft | $250 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Historic Bushman House (Gettysburg)Gettysburg National Military Park · 0.3 mi
Historic Rose FarmhouseGettysburg National Military Park · 0.6 mi
Camp Misty MountCatoctin Mountain Park · 15 mi
Camp Round MeadowCatoctin Mountain Park · 15 mi
Poplar Grove Youth Group CampgroundCatoctin Mountain Park · 15 mi
Camp Greentop Dining Hall and Rec HallCatoctin Mountain Park · 15 miThe Slyder Farmhouse is located approximately 3 miles south of Gettysburg. From the north or south, follow US 15 to the Steinwehr Ave exit head toward Gettysburg. From east or west, drive into Gettysburg on US Rt. 30, turn South on Baltimore Street (Rt. 97), and then turn south on Steinwehr Ave or Bus Rt 15 South. The nearest airport is Harrisburg International Airport at Middletown, Pennsylvania, approximately 35 miles north of Gettysburg. The second closest is Baltimore-Washington International near Baltimore, Maryland. Gettysburg has a small airfield on Route 30 west of Gettysburg that will accommodate private aircraft.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Gettysburg, PA
Typical weather
Typical October night 43°F, day 66°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 21°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it · a letter you can send
Who answers for this land
Slyder Farmhouse is in Pennsylvania’s 13th congressional district. Its representative, John Joyce (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyJohn JoyceU.S. Representative · Pennsylvania’s 13th district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationDavid McCormickU.S. Senator · Pennsylvania
- Your senator, on the same appropriationJohn FettermanU.S. Senator · Pennsylvania
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Slyder Farmhouse, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
Dear John Joyce, I’m a constituent in Pennsylvania’s 13th district. I tried to camp at Slyder Farmhouse, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Slyder Farmhouse are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Slyder Farmhouse keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Slyder Farmhouse. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Slyder Farmhouse (Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Slyder Farmhouse, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
Dear David McCormick, I’m a constituent in Pennsylvania. I tried to camp at Slyder Farmhouse, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Slyder Farmhouse are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Slyder Farmhouse keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Slyder Farmhouse. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Slyder Farmhouse (Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Slyder Farmhouse, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
Dear John Fetterman, I’m a constituent in Pennsylvania. I tried to camp at Slyder Farmhouse, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, and couldn’t. All 1 sites at Slyder Farmhouse are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, the one site recreation.gov was offering there was already booked. 1,623 of the 7,639 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Slyder Farmhouse keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Slyder Farmhouse. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Slyder Farmhouse (Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania) via campanac.com
How we know this · 4
How we know
every fact on this page, and where it came from
“the agency's own site records list "CELL PHONE SERVICE" on 1 of 1 campsites here”