Worth the trip from Lake Holiday: Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, 29 mi off
Visits to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park run to about 4.6M a year. Our list finds nothing inside Lake Holiday, but 19 places within 40 miles. The commonest are 6 museums, 3 landmarks and 3 national historical parks. Set 57 mi out, Raven Rock Mountain Complex makes a day trip.
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
On the map
Out at 39 mi is National Sporting Library, the farthest.
Orange: Lake Holiday. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Full list of places
Everything here is within 60 miles, 45 places in all.
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2Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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5Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
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9Skyline Drive
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA.
11Glenstone
American private art museum in Potomac, Maryland, United States.
12Antietam National Battlefield
Historical area from the American Civil War.
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14Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
2,500 acres at confluence of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Sugar Loaf Mountain
National Natural Landmark in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
Catoctin Mountain Park
U.S. National Park system unit and historic district, in north-central Maryland.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Sites of the first and second battles of Bull Run/Manassas, Virginia, maintained by the U.S. National Park Service.
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.
Fort Cumberland
18th-century frontier fort at the current site of Cumberland, Maryland.
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.
Literary Hall
Mid-19th-century library and museum in Romney, West Virginia.
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Art museum in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.
Hagerstown City Park
Historic public urban park in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.
National Sporting Library
Library and museum in Middleburg, Virginia, USA.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Lake Holiday → · Lake Holiday’s history →
Photo credits
Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, 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 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Fairfax Park: Joe Loong, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Glenstone: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, 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 · Catoctin Mountain Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manassas National Battlefield Park: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Seneca Creek State Park: Eileen McVey, NESDIS, NOAA Central Library, 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 · Fort Cumberland: Unknown, Public domain · Oatlands Plantation: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hagerstown Aviation Museum: Hagerstown Aviation Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Coffee Pot: Jeff Kubina from Columbia, Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · 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 · Weston: Doctree, CC0
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