Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park Additional Information

Walking Tours

Come explore the historical island! Tours of Blennerhassett Island State Park and its reconstructed mansion offers visitors a glimpse of life on a colonial plantation. Volunteers wearing period-accurate costumes conduct tours through the mansion. Self-guided walking tours and horse drawn wagon rides also are available.

Schedule and Operating Hours

Blennerhassett Island is open from early May until the end of October each year. While touring the park, visitors should allow at least three hours for a complete tour. This includes the sternwheeler ride to and from the island. For a sternwheeler ride, mansion tour, and island hours and the museum schedule and rates, click here. To purchase tickets for sternwheeler rides and other island opportunities, visit Blennerhassett Museum or call (304) 420-4800. To purchase tickets online, click here, and search for the date you wish to visit.

Parking

Visitors can park in the parking lot at 113 Ann Street – under the bridge overpass. Point Park also has a limited three-hour parking visitors may use. Dedicated parking for the island is available beside the Blennerhassett Museum at 137 Juliana Street under the Route 50 exit/entrance ramps.