Buford Avenue

Buford Avenue is named after Major General John Buford (whose statue is not located on the Avenue), the Union cavalry general who began the fight at Gettysburg by blocking the advance of Confederate General Henry Heth's Division. The avenue is just a small part of the line held by Buford's troopers on the morning of July 1st.

It starts at the intersection of Reynolds and Wadsworth Avenues on Oak Ridge and heads northwest and then northeast (one-way traffic) toward Mummasburg Road, passing the four monuments and headquarters marker of Col. Thomas C. Devin's 2nd Brigade of Major General John Buford's 1st Cavalry Division.

Crossing Mummasburg Road, Buford Avenue turns into North Confederate Avenue and continues on to the summit of Oak Hill, the third highest point on the battlefield at a little over 640 feet (Big and Little Round Top are taller), site of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.