facility on the west side of the Monocacy River. It offers an electric map orientation program, an interactive computer program, interpretive displays, and artifacts of the battle. The visitor center is the starting point for a self-guided four-mile (6 km) auto tour and 1/2 mile (800 m) loop walking trail. National Park Service rangers and volunteers host battle walks, special programs, an auto tour and special events throughout the summer season. The interpretive Worthington Farm Trail, a pair of loops (one nearly two miles (3 km) long, the other 1.6 miles (2 km)) on the northern portion of the battlefield, allows the visitor to walk parts of the battlefield and explore the native flora of the region. The National Park Service has recently established a General Management Plan to further interpret the area and acquire additional land if funding can be secured. In 2013, Preservation Maryland placed the Monocacy National Battlefield on its list of threatened historic properties. See also L'Hermitage Slave Village Archeological Site at the Best Farm, a pre-Civil War plantation founded by immigrants from Haiti 14th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry monument References External links Official park website Photographs of Monacacy National Battlefield General Management Plan Monocacy Battlefield Slave Quarters, Joy Beasley, National Cable Satellite Corporation, November 18, 2010 National Battlefields and Military Parks of the United States National Historic Landmarks in Maryland Battlefields of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Maryland in the American Civil War American Civil War museums in Maryland Museums in Frederick County, Maryland National Park Service areas in Maryland Parks in Frederick County, Maryland Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Monocacy River Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places Protected areas established in 1976 1976 establishments in Maryland Slave cabins and quarters in the United States