Fallingwater
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania.
Attractions near Springfield
Mount Davis, 35 mi from Springfield
Yearly visitors to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park number about 4.6M. Nothing on our list is inside Springfield; the 10 places to visit are within 40 miles. They include 3 museums, 2 national historical parks and a mountain. Further afield lies Fallingwater, at 52 mi.
Attractions nearby
40
within 60 miles
The big one
52 mi
Fallingwater
National park units
7
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 →
The map
On the map
The list reaches out to Deep Creek Lake, 37 mi away.
Orange: Springfield. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The list in full
40 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
2Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
3Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
4Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
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8Antietam National Battlefield
Historical area from the American Civil War.
9Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Historic fort and battlefield in Pennsylvania USA.
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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.
13Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.
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Ohiopyle State Park
State park in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fort Cumberland
18th-century frontier fort at the current site of Cumberland, Maryland.
Laurel Mountain Ski Resort
Mountain in Westmoreland County, 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.
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.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Springfield → · Springfield’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 Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · 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 · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, 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 · 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 · Canaan Valley Ski Resort: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Orland E. White Research Arboretum: by Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Josephine City School: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0
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