Start your visit at the National Park Service visitor center where a park ranger or volunteer can help you plan your day. There are several self-guided walking maps available. The National Park Service Map and Guide for New Bedford Whaling NHP can be downloaded from this website using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Guides offer daily walking tours during the summer months.
During other times of the year walking tours may be available on weekends. Check at the Visitor Center for times of these tours. The park also operates a bookstore located in the Visitor Center. Eastern National, a non-profit cooperating association that returns an annual profit directly to the park, is responsible for book sales in the park.