Manassas National Battlefield Park · Virginia

Henry Hill Loop Trail

1.2 mi of trail, end to end · about 50 ft of climbing · 229 ft–279 ft · native surface · trail class Developed · hiking

HistoryVisitor centers

256 ft 263 ft · 0.6 mi high 263 ft

Along the way Robinson House Site Henry Hill Visitor Center

Henry Hill Loop Trail the Park Service's write-up

30-90 Minutes · dogs allowed

Start Henry Hill Loop Trail / Park at Henry Hill Visitor Center

Henry House on the Henry Hill Loop Trail
The Henry House and First Manassas Memorial are two highlights on the Henry Hill Loop Trail. Photo: NPS Photo

Distance: 1.1-mile circuit hike

Difficulty: Easy

Hiking Time: 1 hour

Elevation Change: 120 feet 1. Start from the backside of the visitor center. (Side furthest from parking lot)

2. Start walking the line of black cannon in the direction of the Henry House.

3. Follow markers and mowed path. Visitor center will be visible for the entire hike.

The critical fighting at First Manassas (Bull Run) centered on Henry Hill.This trail begins behind the visitor center, leads past Ricketts' Battery of Union artillery, and continues to the rebuilt Henry House. In the yard of the 1870 house is the grave of widow Judith Carter Henry, who was mortally wounded by artillery fire and the only civilian killed during the first battle. Behind the house is an 1865 monument erected by Union soldiers in "Memory of the Patriots who fell at Bull Run." From the Henry House the trail continues north to the location of Imboden's Confederate artillery overlooking Matthews Hill- occupied during the morning phase of the battle- and then across the fields to the site of the Robinson House, where Colonel. Wade Hampton led his South Carolina troops into the battle. The trail loops back along the Southern line, where Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson received his famous nickname "Stonewall" from Brig. Gen. Barnard Bee, to the site where Confederate infantry captured artillery from Captain. Charles Griffin's Union battery- a major turning point in the battle.The final stop faces Chinn Ridge where, late in the afternoon, a Confederate attack crushed Gen. Irvin McDowell's right flank and began the rout of the entire Union army.

Accessibility This trail does not meet ADA accessibility guidelines.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.