Activities
Find exciting things to do in and around Harpers Ferry, WV
Activities can be arranged for a fee of 20% of the total cost. Transportation can be arranged at a cost of $1.50/mile round trip. Minimum fees apply. Sample activities at the Inn or within ten steps to ten miles of the Inn include:
- Bicycling
- Hiking-on-your-own or with a guide
- Swimming in nearby pools and rivers
- Fishing-on-your-own (bring your own gear) or with a guide
- Tubing, Rafting, Kayaking, Canoeing, Zip-Lining, Snow Tubing
- Golfing
- Jazzercize/Yoga/Personal Training/Massage & Muscle Therapy
- Museums
- Guided tours of town and area (historical tours, ghost tours, and other specialty tours, such as Civil War Battlefields
- Programs & Civil War Enactments offered by the National Park Service and others, including the Harpers Ferry Park Association
- Lectures and lessons on selected topics
- Music (shows, sing-alongs)
- Ghost tours
- Farm visits
- Church visits
- Sports, games, arts & crafts
- Dining
- Winery and Brewery visits
- Shopping ~ shops, consignment shops, flea markets, antique stores, Wal-Mart, the outlets in Leesburg (30 minutes from the Inn), the outlets in Hagerstown (45 minutes from the Inn), and more.
Helpful Links
See the “Academy” for information about the American Health & Heritage Adventure Academy (AHHAA) situated at the Inn. AHHAA provides customized recreational and/or educational activities for individuals and groups of any size.
Education and Recreation
- Antietam Battlefield
- John Brown Wax Museum
- Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
- The Barn of Harpers Ferry
- Ghost Tours of Harpers Ferry
- “O’ Be JoyFull” Historical Entertainment and Tours
Outdoor Adventures
Miscellaneous
- The Outfitter General Store & The Outfitter
- Old South Mountain Inn (restaurant)
- O’Hurley’s General Store, Shepherdstown (shopping daily and Thursday night jam sessions featuring traditional Celtic folk music)
- Fellowship Bible Church
- Amtrak
- MARC Train
- Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority (“Pan Tran” (very inexpensive “shuttle bus” service)
- Taxis: Kam’s (304) 279-5822; Mountaineer (304) 725-3794; Yellow (301)375-2193
- ATM at the Town’s Inn
Regional Groups and Governments