Fallingwater
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania.
Attractions near Oldtown
Leave Oldtown for Flight 93 National Memorial, 37 mi away
A typical year brings about 4.6M visitors to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. None of our places to visit is inside Oldtown; 12 are within 40 miles. There are 5 museums, 2 national historical parks and a national memorial to choose from. Drive 52 mi to reach Fallingwater.
Attractions nearby
42
within 60 miles
The big one
52 mi
Fallingwater
National park units
10
parks & monuments
Ski areas
8
Blue Knob
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 52 mi northwest
Fallingwater
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
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On the map
Out at 39 mi is Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, the farthest.
Orange: Oldtown. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Everything to see
Everything here is within 60 miles, 42 places in all.
2Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
3Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
4Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
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7Antietam National Battlefield
Historical area from the American Civil War.
8Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Historic fort and battlefield in Pennsylvania USA.
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10Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
2,500 acres at confluence of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland (US) managed by the National Park Service.
11Catoctin Mountain Park
U.S. National Park system unit and historic district, in north-central Maryland.
12Fort Ligonier
British fortification from the French and Indian War in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
13Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Former railroad in Pennsylvania.
14Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.
Ohiopyle State Park
State park in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Laurel Mountain Ski Resort
Mountain in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Historic site commemorating the 1889 flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Historic site in Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties, Virginia.
Fort Bedford
Historic military fortification in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Art museum in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.
Literary Hall
Mid-19th-century library and museum in Romney, West Virginia.
Hagerstown City Park
Historic public urban park in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Oldtown → · Oldtown’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolly Sods Wilderness: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0 · Catoctin Mountain Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Dunker Church: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Blackwater Falls: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ohiopyle State Park: Hubert Stoffels from Pittsburgh, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Blue Knob: Calzarette, CC BY 3.0 · Laurel Mountain Ski Resort: jcalz (talk)calzarette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canaan Valley Ski Resort: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Johnstown Flood National Memorial: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Johnstown Flood Museum: Jet Lowe, HABS photographer, Public domain · Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glen Burnie: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hagerstown Aviation Museum: Hagerstown Aviation Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Literary Hall: Justin A. Wilcox from Washington, D.C., United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Coffee Pot: Jeff Kubina from Columbia, Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bedford Village Archeological Site: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hagerstown City Park: Heather Holman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Orland E. White Research Arboretum: by Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franklin County Jail: Smallbones, Public domain · Josephine City School: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0
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