Yorktown Museum, Battlefields & Historic Area-Private Guided Tour
Overview
Exclusive, private tour (only your family/friends) of the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown (ARMY), some of the Yorktown Battlefields (Surrender Field), the federal museum (National Park Service with General Washington's original tents from the American Revolutionary War), Victory monument, and alleged cave where Cornwallis retreated. This is the only private tour with a private guide at all stops. This is NOT a group bus or group shuttle tour.
This tour includes an in depth learning experience about the siege of Yorktown that lasted several weeks and explores the surrendering of arms on October 19, 1781 including Surrender Field. The afternoon tour at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown includes the canon firing at 3:00pm (weather dependent from March 1st-November 30th). We spend about 4 to 4.5 hours touring and about an hour driving which makes this a 5 to 5.5 hour tour.
Note: the state museum has scooter rentals for $15.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Single day admission ticket to American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
- Single day admission ticket for the Yorktown Battlefield (National Park Service)
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Guide
- Gratuities for guides, if you enjoy your guide, we recommend a 20% tip
Meeting and Pickup
Please contact us as soon as possible if you need us to pick you up in the Williamsburg area. We pick up within 5 km (3.1 miles) of Colonial Williamsburg. If you have your own vehicle and would like to meet us at the state museum, American Revolution Museum at Yorktown (200 Water Street, Yorktown, VA 23690) we can also meet your and your group there.
200 Water Street
Yorktown, VA 23690, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
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- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Remaining time will be allotted for pick up and travel time in between the attractions
- Yorktown battlefields are not all readily wheelchair accessible
- Surrender Field is wheelchair accessible
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EST).
- Bottled water.
- Single day admission ticket to American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
- Single day admission ticket for the Yorktown Battlefield (National Park Service).
- Air-conditioned vehicle.
- Guide.
- Gratuities for guides, if you enjoy your guide, we recommend a 20% tip.
The minimum age to participate is 4..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Yorktown Museum, Battlefields & Historic Area-Private Guided Tour is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Yorktown Museum, Battlefields & Historic Area-Private Guided Tour will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Bottled water
- Single day admission ticket to American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
- Single day admission ticket for the Yorktown Battlefield (National Park Service)
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Guide
- Gratuities for guides, if you enjoy your guide, we recommend a 20% tip
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Remaining time will be allotted for pick up and travel time in between the attractions
- Yorktown battlefields are not all readily wheelchair accessible
- Surrender Field is wheelchair accessible
