1Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
Attractions near Capon Bridge
Nothing in Capon Bridge itself: Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is 34 mi away
Roughly 4.6M visitors a year make it to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. With nothing inside Capon Bridge, the list has 15 places within 40 miles. There are 4 museums, 3 landmarks and 3 national historical parks to choose from. Further out, Flight 93 National Memorial is 57 mi away.
Attractions nearby
42
within 60 miles
The big one
34 mi
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
National park units
9
parks & monuments
Ski areas
5
Canaan Valley Ski Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Landmark · 34 mi southeast
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where things are
Head to the southeast for most of the 15 on the list.
Orange: Capon Bridge. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All 15 on the list
You will find all 42 within 60 miles.
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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4Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
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7Skyline Drive
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA.
9Antietam National Battlefield
Historical area from the American Civil War.
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11Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
2,500 acres at confluence of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland (US) managed by the National Park Service.
12Sugar Loaf Mountain
National Natural Landmark in Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
13Catoctin Mountain Park
U.S. National Park system unit and historic district, in north-central Maryland.
14Manassas 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.
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 Capon Bridge → · Capon Bridge’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
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 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Blackwater Falls: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Canaan Valley Ski Resort: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Josephine City School: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weston: Doctree, CC0
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