America's first national historical park encompasses several sites spread across Morristown and the surrounding hills. The park's main unit, the Ford Mansion, served as Washington's headquarters during the terrible winter of 1779–1780, and the house has been preserved with period furnishings. The adjoining museum covers the Continental Army's two winters here.
The Jockey Hollow unit, a few miles south of town, is where the soldiers actually lived. About 10,000 men built a small city of huts in the forest; today the reconstructed huts give a visceral sense of the conditions. Over 27 miles of hiking trails wind through the woods, largely empty on weekdays and genuinely beautiful in autumn. The Wick House, headquarters of General St Clair, is also in Jockey Hollow and open for tours. Fort Nonsense, a small earthworks fortification on a hill above downtown, rounds out the main sites.