Montgomery Township’s draw is Whitetail Resort
Roughly 4.6M visitors a year make it to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 25 beyond the one inside Montgomery Township. Among them are 9 museums, 5 landmarks and 2 national battlefields. Go 49 mi out for Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center.
Raven Rock Mountain Complex
Architectural structure.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
How they lie
The map stretches to Monocacy National Battlefield, 38 mi away.
Orange: Montgomery Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
The one inside Montgomery Township comes first, then 51 more within 60 miles.
3Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
4Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
5Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument
Former school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA.
6Antietam National Battlefield
Historical area from the American Civil War.
7Gettysburg Battlefield
Site of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
8Gettysburg National Cemetery
United States national cemetery created for Union casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
9Gettysburg National Military Park
National park in Pennsylvania, United States.
10Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
2,500 acres at confluence of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland (US) managed by the National Park Service.
11Sugar Loaf Mountain
National Natural Landmark in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
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14Catoctin Mountain Park
U.S. National Park system unit and historic district, in north-central Maryland.
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Former railroad in Pennsylvania.
Lakemont Park
Amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania; home to the world's oldest-surviving rollercoaster.
The Angle
In the American Civil War, an area of the Gettysburg battlefield.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.
Seneca Creek State Park
State park in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
Monocacy National Battlefield
Memorializing the Battle of Monocacy (1864), fought near the Monocacy River.
Williams Grove Amusement Park
Abandoned amusement park near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center
Museum in Pennsylvania, US.
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.
Fort Roberdeau
American Revolutionary War-era fort for lead mining in Pennsylvania.
Mishler Theatre
Theater and movie theater in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Art museum in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.
Appalachian Trail Museum
Museum in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Pennsylvania.
Literary Hall
Mid-19th-century library and museum in Romney, West Virginia.
Hagerstown City Park
Historic public urban park in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.
National Sporting Library
Library and museum in Middleburg, Virginia, USA.
William E. Swigart, Jr. Antique Automobile Museum
Non-profit museum dedicated to the preservation of American automobile history.
The places inside Montgomery Township 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 Montgomery Township → · Montgomery Township’s history →
Photo credits
Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain · Gettysburg National Military Park: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0 · Sugar Loaf Mountain: Lowell Silverman at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pine Grove Furnace State Park: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eisenhower National Historic Site: Jack E. Boucher, 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 · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · The Angle: User:JediKnyghte, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Seneca Creek State Park: Eileen McVey, NESDIS, NOAA Central Library, Public domain · The Pennsylvania State Memorial: Midnightdreary, Public domain · Dunker Church: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Monocacy National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Knob: Calzarette, CC BY 3.0 · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0 · Oatlands Plantation: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center: Concord, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rockhill Trolley Museum: Hicksco2 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Roberdeau: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Mishler Theatre: David Ames, Public domain · Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Appalachian Trail Museum: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gettysburg National Museum: Pub. by L. E. Smith, Wholesale Distributor, Gettysburg, PA. "Tichnor Quality Vie, Public domain · 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 · Bear Branch Nature Center: Cohee, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bedford Village Archeological Site: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hagerstown City Park: Heather Holman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hessian Powder Magazine: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Sporting Library: Hreuter, 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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