Take a flight to Gettysburg Regional Airport-Harrisburg International Airport. The airport sits east of Gettysburg along US-30. Airlines that travel to the GRA-HIA include United Airlines, Delta, Continental, Air Canada and U.S. Airways. Flights fly into GRA-HIA from cities such as Detroit, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte and Cleveland. Choice Hotels of Gettysburg, Quality Inn of Gettysburg and Comfort Inn of Gettysburg provide airport shuttles from GRA-HIA directly to their Gettysburg hotels. Enterprise Rent-A-Car and RentaCarNow have car rental facilities at the airport.
Book a bus tour to Gettysburg. DC Tours offers day trips to Gettysburg that leave Washington D.C. on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays during the summers and on Mondays during the winters. The tour, which encompasses a 10-hour day (approximately two hours of travel time each way), departs from Union Station in Washington D.C. Travelers see the historic Gettysburg battlefield where the Gettysburg Diorama gives a narrated history of the Gettysburg battle, along with accompanying sound and light effects. The licensed tour guide who accompanies the tour can provide additional information and will give additional information about other Gettysburg sites that the bus tour visits, including the well-known Cemetery Ridge, site of Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address.
Plan a trip to Gettysburg by car. Visitors who drive to Gettysburg can enjoy more travel options within the Gettysburg area, including the town's restaurants and shops, nature areas and local wineries. Car travelers can more easily drive to other Gettysburg sites as well, such as the American Civil War Museum, the Camp David Museum and the Explore and More Childrens' Museum. If you travel from the northern Pennsylvania, drive along Route 15 through Camp Hill and Mechanicsburg to Gettysburg. If you come from the Maryland/Washington DC area, south of Gettysburg, drive northbound along Route 270 through Gaithersburg, Frederick, Thurmont and Emmitsburg until you reach Gettysburg. Route 116 (Hanover Road) leads into Gettysburg from both the east and the west.
