![]() Stay: In a deluxe suite at the restored 18th-century Light Horse Inn in neighboring Bolivar. (Geek alert: Don’t miss the museum’s pioneering use of artificial intelligence age-regression technology has rendered Washington as a teenager.) Harper’s Ferry, WVa. Explore Cumberland’s ties to the canal, railroads, the National Road (Route 40), and to George Washington at the Visitor Center and the Allegany Museum, which occupy downtown landmarks. Treat your tastebuds to tours of local coffee and donuts, ice cream, and wine/beer/spirits trails. But those aren’t Cumberland’s only trailheads. Two long-distance cycling routes-the C&O Canal Towpath and the Great Allegheny Passage-meet here midway between Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh. The city’s history and its recent notoriety among outdoors enthusiasts merge at Canal Place, a pedestrian mall and visitors site that welcomes passing hikers, cyclists, and road-trippers. Strategically perched at a fork in the North Branch of the Potomac, Cumberland has been a military outpost, frontier town, and industrial/transportation hub-a past that is gone but not forgotten. Kayak: The deep blue water of Rocky Gap’s Lake Habeeb. For yummy frozen custard and tasty lunches, stop by local favorite Queen City Creamery. The handsomely restored building once served as a Civil War hospital. The resort offers dining, golf, a spa, casino, and comedy club in a state park setting.ĭine: On authentic wood-fired pizza at Puccini Restaurant, where Italian home cooking meets history. Stay: In a mountain-view room at Rocky Gap Casino Resort, an acclaimed lakeside resort 10 minutes from the city. At Gathland State Park, another 19th-century memorial, the War Correspondents Arch, honors Civil War journalists and photographers. Antietam National Battlefield in nearby Sharpsburg commemorates those hallowed grounds. Exhibits at the park’s visitor center summarize the Civil War’s Maryland Campaign, which began 160 years ago with the Battle of South Mountain and led to the bloody clash beside Antietam Creek. ![]() Book clubbers know it as the adopted home of beloved romance novelist Nora Roberts, who along with her husband owns several tourist-welcoming businesses.īegin your visit at Washington Monument State Park and climb the nation’s first towering tribute to George Washington, built of stones by Boonsboroans in 1827. Civil War buffs know it as the locale of two pivotal battles Boonsboro is surrounded by parks commemorating local and Civil War history. Nestled beside South Mountain, the ridge where the Appalachian Trail traverses Maryland, Boonsboro boasts dual distinctions. Two things tend to lure travelers to Boonsboro: war and romance. For fine dining, try the hilltop, history-steeped Old South Mountain Inn.įish: For trout and bass at Greenbrier Lake. The author herself often appears for book signings at her husband’s Turn the Page Bookstore across the street.ĭine: On delicious pub fare and craft beers at Dan’s Restaurant & Tap House. Stay: In a dreamy room named for literary lovers (like Jane Austen’s Elizabeth and Darcy) at the Nora Roberts-run Inn BoonsBoro, a boutique B&B.
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