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Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, in the lower Shenandoah Valley.The town's population was 269 at the 2020 United States census.Situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, where Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia meet, it is the easternmost town in West Virginia as well as its lowest point above sea level.
February 14, 1978. The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14 ...
May 10, 2016. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, originally Harpers Ferry National Monument, is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes the historic center of Harpers Ferry, notable as a key 19th-century industrial area and as the scene of John Brown's ...
A new National Park Service report shows that 427,317 visitors to Harpers Ferry NHP in 2023 spent $23.8 million in communities near the park.
Hill Top House, Harpers Ferry, WV, 1920s. The Hill Top House Hotel is located in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It occupies a spectacular location, with panoramic views of the Potomac and Shenandoah valleys. [1] The original hotel was built in 1888 and operated until shortly before his death by Thomas S. Lovett, an African-American graduate of ...
The park includes nearly 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) in a strip along the Potomac River. A small portion of the towpath near Harpers Ferry National Historical Park doubles as a section of the Appalachian Trail. The canal begins at its zero mile marker (accessible only via Thompson's Boat House), directly on the Potomac, opposite the Watergate complex.
[4]: 3 The railroad decided to cross the Potomac into West Virginia at Harpers Ferry to connect with the under-construction Winchester and Potomac Railroad (W&P). [4]: 5 The B&O line was completed to a point across from Harpers Ferry on December 1, 1834. [4]: 4 The B&O replaced the existing turnpike bridge with a new single-track bridge.
View from the Split Rock overlook. The Appalachian Trail (AT) traverses the peak before descending its northwestern slope to the Shenandoah River and Harpers Ferry. A spur trail called the Loudoun Heights Trail (the original route of the AT) leads off the AT down the northern slope, passing by Civil War earthworks and providing good views of the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah as well ...