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Harpers Ferry and Environs An Overview
harteehar Says: Harpers Ferry is a wonderful travel destination. While other reviewers have gone into great detail as to every aspect of Harpers Ferry, this overview acquaints any traveler with the many activities to start an adventure.Harpers Ferry, located at the confluence of the Potomac...
Fresh Produce Around Harpers Ferry
harteehar Says: While Harpers Ferry National Historic Park is a destination for many, the surrounding area is also worth exploring for a you-pick experience for fresh produce.The summer of 2010 we visited Ridgefield Farm and Orchard during July to pick fresh flowers we brought back to our...
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Ewingjr98 Says: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park occupies land in West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. The park consists of 4,000 acres and hosts over a million visitors each year. The area was designated a National Monument in...
Potomac River - "The Nation's River"
Ewingjr98 Says: The Potomac River runs 383 miles from the West Virginia-Maryland border to the Chesapeake Bay south of Washington DC. Some of the major cities along the river include Harper's Ferry, WV; Washington, DC; Arlington, VA; and Alexandria, VA. The river forms part of the borders...
Ewingjr98 Says: The Shenandoah River runs 150 miles through western Virginia from Port Republic into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry. The lowest 20 miles of the river are in West Virginia, while the rest of the river and its tributaries flow through Virginia. Around Front Royal, the Shenandoah...
mtncorg Says: Four acres are set aside and serve as the town’s cemetery. The view to the Rivers below is sublime. Robert Harper’s grave - he had set up the first ferry here in 1747 - and some of his relatives, are buried in the lower section. One other prominent grave you might notice is...
Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
yooperprof Says: The National Park Service has a good web site about the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. And here on VT, Geoff Wright's page is perfectly dandy. Leave it to a Brit to make a great page about an American historical site!
Ewingjr98 Says: In July 1859 John Brown, two of his sons, and others met in Maryland about seven miles from Harpers Ferry to begin creating an army and drafting plans to attack Harpers Ferry. They intended to seize the 100,000 rifles at he armory, then use them to arm slaves throughout...
gingergoddess24601 Says: I had a great time doing the Ghost Tours. The lady who was our guide dressed in a really pretty hoop skirt and carried a candle lantern while she showed us around the historical district and told us about some of the strange things that have happened there. She was a very...
Harpers Ferry Battlefields & nearby Antietam
Ewingjr98 Says: Just a year after the start of the American Civil War, Southern General Robert E. Lee began executing a plan to capture Washington and bring a quick end to the war. As Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Maj. Gen. Thomas J....
Armory Pub: Give this place a wide berth
Studmuffin1 Says: The logo of this restuarant uses the CURRENT Great Seal of the United States but uses the name, Armory Pub. There are pictures of the Great Seal of the United States, two versions, that were in use during the time that the Armory was operating, 1800-1861. They were not...
The Cannonball Deli: The Only Place To Eat In Town That I'd Recommend
jaydock Says: Every time I go to Harpers Ferry I always get my meals here. The food is delicious, the prices are actually extremely reasonable and I refuse to waste my money going anywhere else. The menu includes subs, salads, pasta, pizza, gyros, and desserts. Some standouts: the Greek...
Historic B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing
Ewingjr98 Says: Along with the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, the towns separate Historic District, and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Harpers Ferry has a fourth historic place called the B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing. There are currently two bridges at this site:The...
Ewingjr98 Says: Harpers Ferry Train Station was built in 1889 in a Victorian style. The wood-frame building stands at the end of the rail bridge over the Potomac on the site of some earlier armory buildings. The station is still used today, both for arrivals and departures and for National...
Westwind Potters: Great Pottery, Not So Great Experience
jaydock Says: The few times I've been in here, the guy that runs the store has been astoundingly rude and mean to me. I've also witnessed him ream out other customers. If you aren't in there with the intention of buying something, he has absolutely no patience for you. Don't bother to...
Shopping in Harpers Ferry's Lower Town
Ewingjr98 Says: During our last visit to Harpers Ferry we did a little shopping in some of the lower town's tiny stores. After wandering around for a few hours, our first stop was Harpers Ferry Wine and Gourmet, probably the last store as you head up the hill out of town. Here we looked at...
Beware the $100 no parking scam
civilwarbuff7123 Says: My wife and I were recent first-time visitors to Harpers Ferry this past week on Friday, October 28th around 1pm; unfortunately it will be our last. Shortly after arriving in town, we received a parking ticket where we had parked on Shenandoah St., off of the roadway and on...
Some notes for drivers coming from NoVA
jaydock Says: I noticed that a fair amount of people from my area of Northern Virginia like to visit to Harpers Ferry, especially since the town is really only about 5 minutes from the WV/VA border. Here's a few things I've learned while visiting over the years.1. NoVa drivers who take...
Beware Hog Alley, A Poorly Marked One-Way Street
jaydock Says: Hog Alley is the short street connecting two streets parallel to each other, High St. and Potomac St. Basically they sort of make a sideways capital "H", with High St. being the higher one, Potomac being the lower one, ad Hog Alley connecting them in the middle. It is also...
Go There Early, On Weekends, In Season
jaydock Says: This is if you want to do the "full experience" If you a visiting just to look at the historical stuff, take pictures, and just basically do your own thing, then this doesn't necessarily apply.Arrive there on the early side, I'd recommend around 9am or so. That way you are...
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Plan a Harpers Ferry vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Harpers Ferry locals
Where the Shenendoah River empties into the Potomac River is very scenic with an overlook and several places to access both rivers for photos. At this point...
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Q: Hi, Is there any way to get back to Crampton Gap / Gatland State Park from Harpers Ferry - I do not feel like doing the same...
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Harpers Ferry lies at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, and was incorporated in 1763. the town is now a tourist attraction, known for its history and its scenic beauty. John Brown...
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HARPERS FERRY GUNS, RACE AND NATURE
Old John Brown’s body lies a moulderin’ in his New York grave as a result of his actions here at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on October 1859. He hoped to capture the Federal armory here and turn...
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Stepping back..origins of American Emancipation
My D.C. Angel was going to be available for the entire day...she is doing her Third Year at a Law School in the D.C. area and her schedule is so HECTIC...she managed to free up for the entire day and...
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I love quaint little towns and Harper's Ferry, WV is one of the most quaint I have seen. With two rivers melding just below the cluster of buildings dating back to the late 1700's and early 1800's, an...
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