Private Tour
Ghosts of Gettysburg Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Gettysburg is one of the most haunted locations in the United States, plagued by nearly 150 years of intense paranormal activity. The hauntings in Gettysburg are legendary and widely known across the country. This small town was the site of the bloodiest and arguably most significant battle in the Civil War, which shifted the tide toward Union forces. However, both sides suffered massive losses, with an estimated 46,000 to 51,000 men wounded, killed, or missing during the three-day battle. These are the true stories of eerie encounters at the battlefield.
After booking, check your email/text to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action while connected to WiFi or mobile data. Enter the password, download the tour, and enjoy it offline. Follow the audio instructions and route from the designated starting point.
Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How To Access: After booking, you’ll get an email and text with setup instructions and password (search “audio tour” in emails and texts). • Download the separate tour app by Action • Enter the password sent by email and text. • MUST download the tour while in strong wifi/cellular. • Works offline after download.
How to start touring: Open Action’s separate audio tour guide app once onsite. • If there is just one tour, launch it. • If multiple tour versions exist, launch the one with your planned starting point and direction.
Go to the starting point No one will meet you at the start. This tour is self-guided Enter the first story’s point and the audio will begin automatically Follow the audio cues to the next story, which will also play automatically. Enjoy hands-free exploring. If you face audio issues, contact support. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.
Travel worry-free: Use the tour app anytime, on any day, and over multiple days. Start and pause the tour whenever you like, taking breaks and exploring side excursions at your own pace. Skip anything you don’t care about or explore bonus content for everything that interests you
Savings tips: Driving tours: purchase just one tour for everyone in the car
Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
Audio Setup: Connect your phone to your car's stereo system using Bluetooth, USB, or AUX. For the best experience, consider using headphones for walking tours. Audio playback is compatible with Apple CarPlay, with navigation features coming soon. Support for Android Auto is also on the way.
For the best experience, please use an iPhone running iOS 15 or later, an Android device running version 9 or later, or an iPad/tablet with GPS and cellular connectivity, as these are recommended for navigation.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Gettysburg Heritage Center
A visit to the Gettysburg Battlefield is not complete without stopping at the Gettysburg Heritage Center Museum. Note: The tour is over 11 miles long, with more than 30 audio stories, and takes about 1-2 hours to complete. Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.
Today’s stories are brought to you by Mark Nesbitt, who is the first to create ghost walking tours in Gettysburg. Based on his own frightening experiences living in Gettysburg for over thirty years and the ghost stories told to him by the people who actually experienced them, these stories combine town history with the mystery of the spirit world.
What‘s Included
Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
Great value: purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
Offline maps: no signal, no problem! Works perfectly without cellular or wifi.
Comprehensive route and stops: See it all, miss nothing, leave no stone unturned!
Go at your own pace: Start anytime, pause anywhere, enjoy breaks for snacks and photos freely!
Hands-free: audio stories play on their own based on your location. Easy to use!
Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
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Ghosts of Gettysburg Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
Reviews
77 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Sad and not worth the price
JoAnn R,,Oct 8, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00out of all of the audio tours that I have used in Gettysburg, this was the most lackluster and the most disappointing. With other audio tours, there is consistent audio conversation, but this truly had a lot of broken gaps with silence. Also, at times the markers did not meet up with the destination, and the directions were not appropriate for the first steps of starting the travel. I was deeply disappointed.
August 2025 experience
lindakX8444AI,,Aug 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Enjoyed the audio tour in the car that we could do on our own schedule. Also being able to repeat it if we decided to while we were there or again this year. Great information. Although, no spirits were noticed, we had a great time
Do it all at night once
History73F,,Jul 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Once we got the hang of the tour we really enjoyed it. The stories are good and mixed with history. They paint a picture which is good in a paranormal tour. So often we read reviews for paranormal tours that say "More of a history tour than a ghost tour" but you need to know the what, where, who and why to understand the ghost stories. This has that good balance of the two. Here is our tip, even though the narrator Mark N says you can veer off trail and pick it back up easily. It was our experience that although it is easy to pause and restart it, was hard to leave the trail and pick it back up.
Meh
kellycC3086WX,,Jun 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Hard to listen in the car, charge the phone, drive and navigate. Got lost easily, couldnt find some locations. Not the best.
The tour is more about...
Wayne C,,Jun 12, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00The tour is more about history and gore. Stories were too long. The tour would be better suited after sunset, but the park closes 1 hour before sunset.
Visit the battlefields on your own without a crowd.
sunkat20,,May 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is a great way to discover the battlefield on your own without time restraints. You can start anywhere you want you’d like and you can use it over again.
Ghosts of Gettysburg self guided auto tour
185trudyp,,May 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Not many ghost stories but not bad for the price. Nice change from walking the battlefield. Good activity for a rainy day.
Good experience
robertcI8449UQ,,Apr 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Was easy to use and good experience. Took a little bit to catch up our location to where it started, but was able to figure it out. Stories were good
History & Unexplained Events in a Very Haunted Town - Why You Can’t Miss This Tour!
Jenni Brand A,,Mar 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Definitely one of the best ghost tours we’ve done to date and we’ve done many. Our guide, Janet, has a unique approach from other tours - she bases all of her information in fact. Historical records. No fluff. No drama. No embellishment. She looks to debunk stories and retold tales, stripping away hearsay and worldly explanation first. She also helped us understand more about the show ‘Ghosts of Shepherdstown’ and how much of it is rooted in fact. Definitely watch it first if you can. We look forward to returning soon for a full moon tour and maybe even an All Hallows Eve tour - if we dare!
Quick, entertaining, and easy to use!
Z8154WGjend,,Feb 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Needed something to do last minute with my nephew while my niece was at the college for a softball camp and this was great! It was too windy to walk around but this kept his attention and was very entertaining and not too long. Thanks so much!
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