点评:6 miles from Fort Necessity is the spot where a young George Washington sparked the French and Indian war. A brief fight between the French and the British (along with some native allies) led to the battle of Fort Necessity and eventually to the battle of the Monongahela where General Braddock was killed (his grave is a few miles east of here on route 40).
Free admission and parking. Only amenity here is a nonflushing pit toilet. There is a short paved path with a few historical signs before the trail turns to natural surface (roots and rocks) and decends into the glen where the battle occured. The path down was steep and slippery from recent rain so be careful. The battle site has a marker and sign describing the battle. There is a short (approx. 1/2 mile) loop trail that meanders from here through the glen before returning to parking area. There were no other historical markers along the trail and no good views either so you can skip it and not miss a thing except a rooty walk in the woods.
We spent about one hour here and that included the rooty walk.
This site is best done as an add on to both Fort Necessity and Braddocks grave which are both quite close.
翻译:在距离必要要塞6英里处,就是年轻的乔治·华盛顿引发法印战争的地点。法军与英军(以及一些原住民盟友)之间的一场短暂交战促成了必要要塞之战,随后又引发了莫农加希拉河战役——在这场战役中布拉多克将军阵亡(他的墓地就在往东几英里外的40号公路旁)。
门票与停车均免费。此处唯一的设施便是一个无需冲水的简易厕所。在小径转为由树根和岩石构成的自然路面之前,有一段铺好的短小小路,上面设有几块历史说明牌。随后小径便向下延伸,进入发生过战斗的峡谷中。由于最近下过雨,下坡路十分陡峭且湿滑,请务必小心。战斗发生地设有一块纪念碑及相关说明牌。从这里出发还有一条长约半英里的环形小径,蜿蜒穿过峡谷后返回停车场。这条小径上没有其他历史遗迹,景色也很一般,因此你可以跳过它,不会错过什么——只不过会少一段在树林中踩着树根行走的经历罢了。
我们在这里停留了大约一小时,这个时间也包含了那段在树林中行走的路程。
这个景点最适合作为费城要塞和布拉多克墓的补充游览点,这两处景点都离这里很近。