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Attractions near Bedford

Fort Bedford, the place to visit in Bedford

Bedford has 42 notable places within 60 miles, among them 7 national park units and 5 ski areas. Fort Bedford is inside Bedford. Visits to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park run to about 4.6M a year. Allow a day for Fallingwater, 52 mi off.

Attractions nearby
42
within 60 miles
The big one
20 mi
Flight 93 National Memorial
National park units
7
parks & monuments
Ski areas
5
Blue Knob
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Memorial · 20 mi west

Flight 93 National Memorial

Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

The map stretches to Mount Davis, 39 mi away.

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Orange: Bedford. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All 20 on the list

In town there is one, and the list adds 41 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Bedford lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Bedford → · Bedford’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 · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, 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 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Catoctin Mountain Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano 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 · Ohiopyle State Park: Hubert Stoffels from Pittsburgh, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Cumberland: Unknown, Public domain · Blue Knob: Calzarette, CC BY 3.0 · Laurel Mountain Ski Resort: jcalz (talk)calzarette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0 · Johnstown Flood National Memorial: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Rockhill Trolley Museum: Hicksco2 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Roberdeau: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Johnstown Flood Museum: Jet Lowe, HABS photographer, Public domain · Mishler Theatre: David Ames, Public domain · Hagerstown Aviation Museum: Hagerstown Aviation Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Coffee Pot: Jeff Kubina from Columbia, Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Westmoreland Museum of American Art: Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Glen Burnie: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Literary Hall: Justin A. Wilcox from Washington, D.C., United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bedford Village Archeological Site: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hagerstown City Park: Heather Holman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franklin County Jail: Smallbones, Public domain

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