Name: Gettysburg Battle Auto Tour
Rating: 4.79115 (2150 reviews)

Description

Welcome to the narrated driving tour of the Battle of Gettysburg, the most important battle of the Civil War! Gettysburg Battlefield: Explore Gettysburg, one of the most important battles in one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history: the Civil War. Here, Union forces staged a nearly impossible defense against Confederate attackers--and won! Walk in the footsteps of Civil War soldiers, re-live the battle strategies of the key Gettysburg generals, and embark on an adventure that brings this historic three-day battle to life. Follow the Official National Park Service’s Auto Tour route from the convenience and flexibility of your own car. As you drive, audio stories will automatically pop up and start playing. As you journey through the battlefield, you’ll also journey through time — following the harrowing events of the 3-day battle, as the two generals tried to outsmart and outmaneuver the other. You’ll learn about the bravery and humanity of individual soldiers. Best of all, you’ll visit Little Round Top, Pickett’s Charge, and the site of President Lincoln’s historic Gettysburg Address. Are you ready to turn your phone into a personal tour guide? This app offers a fully-guided experience of the historic Gettysburg Battlefield — just like a local giving you a personalized, turn-by-turn, fully-guided tour. Experience the Battle of Gettysburg at these key battlefield sites: ■ The Civil War & Battle of Gettysburg ■ Birdseye View of the Field ■ McPherson Ridge ■ Eternal Light Peace Memorial ■ Oak Ridge Observation Tower ■ Battlefield Sallie Memorial ■ Seminary Ridge Museum ■ North Carolina Memorial ■ Virginia Monument ■ Second Day of Battle ■ Pitzer Woods ■ Eisenhower National Historic Site ■ Warfield Ridge ■ Little Round Top ■ Valley of Death ■ Devil's Den ■ The Wheat Field ■ The Peach Orchard ■ Plum Run ■ The George Weikert Farm ■ Pennsylvania Memorial ■ Spangler's Spring ■ Line of Battle ■ Culp's Hill Tower ■ East Cemetery Hill ■ The High Water Mark & Pickett’s Charge ■ National Cemetery ■ Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address RAVE REVIEWS: “My 7 yr old got a lot from the drive and remembered what was said!” “We came away feeling like we understood the course of a confusing three-day battle.” “The app was a perfect way to tour Gettysburg.” “Very informative and easy to use. Worked with our time available.” APP FEATURES: ■ Plays automatically The app knows where you are and which direction you are heading, and plays audio automatically about the things you are seeing, plus stories and tips and advice. Simply follow the GPS map & the routing line. ■ Fascinating stories Be immersed in an engaging, accurate, and entertaining story about each point of interest. The stories are professionally narrated and prepared by local guides. Most stops also have additional stories that you can optionally choose to hear. ■ Works offline No data, cellular or even wireless network connection needed while taking the tour. Download over Wi-Fi/Data Network before your tour. ■ Freedom of travel No scheduled tour timings, no crowded groups, and no rush to move along past stops that interest you. You have total freedom to skip ahead, linger, and take as many photos as you’d like. ■ Award-winning platform The app developers received the famous “Laurel Award” from the Newport Mansions, who use it for over a million tours/year. FREE DEMO vs FULL ACCESS: Check out the free demo to get an idea of what this tour is all about. If you like it, purchase the tour to get full access to all the stories! Other Tours:- ■ Ghosts of Gettysburg by Mark Nesbitt ■ Seminary Ridge Museum Walking Tour ■ Antietam Battlefield QUICK TIPS: ■ Download ahead of time, over data or WiFi. ■ Be sure the phone battery is fully charged, or take an external battery pack. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This app uses your location service and GPS tracking feature to allow real-time tracking of your route.

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Reviews

This is great!

Used this tour yesterday with my special needs son. Once you find the starting point, it tells you everything you need to do because it uses geofencing to play messages when you hit certain places on the map. I want to try this with another city soon!
By jaimewvu

Works well

Play it through once so you understand where to go. We felt like it was taking us to the wrong place at first. It worked great for a self paced tour!
By S@die-dog08@TS

Great tour!

This was a great tour. So easy to follow along with and the content was thorough. We all really enjoyed it.
By CJJN6801

Nice Tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield

It’s best to start first at the National Museum where you can see brief movies on day 1, 2, and 3 of the three day battle and as well the aftermath. There are lots of exhibits and artifacts. The cost for Veterans and Senior Citizens was $18.75 at the time of our visit 04/27/2023. At the time of the tour using the app Little Round Top was closed for improvements/renovations. Thus a key part of the battle was absent for touring. Otherwise the app was good, but more detail could have been included in my opinion.
By CaptainBill1

Removed “God” from a quoted speech? Really?

In a quote I would expect to hear what was actually said, unless it was stated otherwise, or if a deplorable word was used and no longer appropriate. So is the word God now deplorable and not appropriate to use or be said? In the current app version (9/2022) the Gettysburg Address, which my kids had memorized and was saying along with the recording while the Gettysburg Address was being quoted, removed the word God, and also removed it from the written form on the app. Really?
By HRE426

Fantastic app!

Love how the app guides us so well each step of the way.
By nanjenshel

Great Auto Tour

This app worked great, giving me directions while telling the story along the way. It flipped back and forth automatically between the map and the points of interest when you reached them. It was a little confusing since the Round Tops were closed, but the app adjusted to my position. I originally got this app a few years ago and had some problems using it, but this time it worked like a charm with my iPhone XS.
By LisaC883

Just OK - use the NPS app instead.

Had a so-so experience with this app. The narrator is wonderful, but the functionality of the app itself needs some work. It crashed several times throughout our trip and it was difficult to get back to where we left off. The map was also rudimentary in places with crudely drawn arrows and notes. Even though we were going below the speed limit we had frequent issues where a story would cut off and skip to the next one. When it works, the app is great. There were just too many hiccups that prevent me from recommending this to others. We had full service I used an iPhone 11. After the trip we realized that the NPS app had a guided tour with narration and videos that we could’ve used instead (for free).
By ndxubwbwjfkridbdjwjw

Beyond worth it!

This worked perfectly. Lots of insight and great information and the app was incredibly easy to use. Functioned perfectly. This was invaluable and made our trip so enjoyable.
By SingularHorizon