Free web-based audio tours
History in your hands.
Open a tour on any phone—no app-store download required. Listen to place-based stories, follow interactive maps, and find visitor information as you explore.
- No download required
- Audio + maps
- Free to use
Prefer an installed app? That is free, too.
Available free on the Apple App Store Available free on Google Play
Explore at your own pace
Hear the Stories Where They Happened
Turn your phone into a guide to the battlefields, towns, and stories of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
These free, self-guided experiences combine audio, maps, directions, and visitor information. Open a tour in your browser—no download required—and begin wherever the story finds you.
Choose a tourMeet the audio tours
Start with the whole Valley.
The District guide connects the entire National Historic District. Expand any guide below to see what you will hear, where it leads, and what the experience looks like.
01 Across the National Historic District Shenandoah Valley Battlefields
The complete District guide
Your guide to the entire Shenandoah Valley.
This is the best place to begin. The official District guide brings together battlefields, historic towns, museums, visitor information, directions, and audio stories from across the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District.
- District-wide places and stories
- Audio narration and historic context
- Maps, directions, and visitor information
- Use instantly in a browser or install the free app
02 Winchester and Frederick County Civil War Winchester
Six battles · 25 narrated stories
One city. Six battles. Stories on every street.
Winchester changed hands repeatedly during the Civil War and witnessed six major battles between 1862 and 1864. This guide connects the city, preserved battlefields, and nearby historic sites through 25 place-based narrations.
- Downtown stories and battlefield stops
- Audio narration, photographs, and battle maps
- Driving directions and visitor information
- Use instantly in a browser or install the free app
03 Town and battlefield · New Market, Virginia New Market Civil War Tour
22 audio stories
Walk from a historic town into the battle of May 15, 1864.
New Market’s streets, homes, and preserved battlefield reveal the experiences of soldiers and civilians caught in the fighting. The tour includes the story of more than 250 VMI cadets who joined the Confederate line.
- Twenty-two narrated tour stops
- Town, battlefield, and museum connections
- Maps, directions, and visitor information
- Use instantly in a browser or install the free app
04 Harrisonburg, Cross Keys, Port Republic, and Piedmont Southern Shenandoah Civil War
Four key places · One connected landscape
Follow the Civil War through the southern Valley.
Travel through Harrisonburg, Cross Keys, Port Republic, and Piedmont while stories of the 1862 Valley Campaign and the fighting of 1864 unfold around you.
- Immersive audio narration at historic places
- Interactive maps and turn-by-turn directions
- Flexible routes for a full day or selected stops
- Open in a browser or use the mobile app
Ready?
Jump right in.
Open any tour in your phone’s browser now. No download is required, and each tour opens in a new window so this page stays here when you are ready to return.
Prefer an installed app? The official apps are free.
Browse SVBF apps on Apple Get the District app on Google Play