Paoli Battlefield Historical Park — Attraction in Malvern

The Paoli Memorial Association owns the 23 acres of gravesite, memorials and parade grounds where volunteers trained for the 1812, Mexican and Civil Wars. This property adjoins the 40 acre aoli Battlefield Historical Park & Paoli Memorial Grounds owned by the Borough of Malvern.

The first monument installed here is a stone monument erected in 1817 , on the burial mound of 53 American soldiers who lost their lives in the battle. On the 100th anniversary of the Battle in 1877, a larger granite obelisk was erected. The obelisk is flanked by canons recovered a century after they were hidden from the British at nearby Chester County iron forges. The oldest continuously-held Memorial Parade in America is the Malvern Memorial Parade which was first held in 1868.

The Battle Field remain open land and is bordered by woods with natural trails through the woods. The park if very popular with dog owners and this is not the place to come if you are afraid of dogs as many owners let their dogs run free even though it is clearly posted dogs...

There's a nice trail here, it's not very difficult and it's pretty short. I would suggest you use the alltrails app to navigate around the trail but you don't have to because it's not hard considering it's basically just a circle.

I like that it's not paved so it's not super simple. It's fairly well kept but there was a trail that was closed so I'm not sure if it was because it needs work done to it or not.

If you want to make the walk easy on yourself you can just take the loop around the battlefield but there's not much shade there. It's also all grass so if it's an early summer morning your shoes will probably get wet.

I like the little historical touches. If you like history you might want to read over some of the plaques and the...

So I had come across a brochure highlighting the "Paoli massacre" several years ago and decided to go visit. It turns out to be a Revolutionary battlefield located in Malvern, Pa. not Paoli. It's a large open field with battle markers posted at key points of the battle. The Britush scored a tactical victory here and committed the heinous act of putting to death a large number of our patriot soldiers. If you have an interest in history well worth the visit and bring your dog for they will enjoy it too!! And when you are finished stop in town on King Street and have a great pulled pork sandwich at The Flying Pig!!! Well worth it they have other great sandwich n meal choices too. Shepherd's Pie my favorite...