At the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, on the ancestral home of the Tuscarora and Shawnee people, lies Harpers Ferry. Here you can explore John Brown's Raid against slavery. Find your connection to the struggle for freedom, education, and civil rights at Storer College. Discover miles of trail in the Blue Ridge and along Civil War battlefields.
What you’ll hear
223 places to explore in this park.
- 13 Women and Children
- A. Burton Fine Watch Repair
- African American History Museum
- Allstadt Ruins
- Anthony Hall - Mather Training Center
- Armory Grounds
- Armory Pit
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Baltimore & Ohio Bridge Ruins
- Blacksmith Shop - Harpers Ferry
- Boarding House - Harpers Ferry
- Bolivar Heights
- Bookshop
- Bottling Works
- Brackett House
- Bus Stop Kiosk
- Camp Hill
- Cavalier Heights Picnic Area
- Civil War Museum
- Confectionery
- Cook Hall
- Corps of Discovery Marker
- Curtis Freewill Baptist Church
- Dry Goods Store
- Entrance Station
- Flood Marker
- Hamilton Street
- Harper House
- Harpers Ferry Historic Town Trailhead
- Harpers Ferry Interpretive Design Center
- Henry Temple McDonald Memorial
- Heyward Shepherd and Pearl Tatten
- Heyward Shepherd Monument
- Industry Museum
- Information Panel: 100 Pounder Battery - Heaviest and Highest
- Information Panel: 30-Pounder Battery
- Information Panel: A Dangerous Position
- Information Panel: A Government Factory Town
- Information Panel: A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step
- Information Panel: A Land Divided
- Information Panel: A Moving Symbol
- Information Panel: A Nation's Armory
- Information Panel: A Perfect Heap of Ruins
- Information Panel: A Position Strong By Nature
- Information Panel: Armory Paymaster's Residence
- Information Panel: Assessing the Obstacle
- Information Panel: A Union Predicament (Bolivar Heights)
- Information Panel: A Union Predicament (Visitor Center)
- Information Panel: Battle of Harpers Ferry
- Information Panel: Bolivar Heights Kiosk
- Information Panel: Branding the B&O
- Information Panel: Burned, Flooded, and Leveled
- Information Panel: Butcher Shop and Boarding House
- Information Panel: Casualties of Time
- Information Panel: Casualties of War
- Information Panel: Casualty of War
- Information Panel: Charcoal Making on Maryland Heights
- Information Panel: Chimney
- Information Panel: Civil War Campgrounds
- Information Panel: Close Quarters
- Information Panel: Closing the Doors
- Information Panel: Confederates Converge
- Information Panel: Confederate Victory (Bolivar Heights)
- Information Panel: Confederate Victory (Visitor Center)
- Information Panel: Confluence
- Information Panel: Cotton Mill
- Information Panel: Daring Escapes
- Information Panel: Discover Harpers Ferry Camp Hill Kiosk
- Information Panel: Early Travel
- Information Panel: Every Inch Counted
- Information Panel: Exploring Maryland Heights
- Information Panel: Exterior Fort
- Information Panel: Facing the Enemy
- Information Panel: Fake Attack - September 14th
- Information Panel: Five Rounds into the Darkness
- Information Panel: Flag Talk
- Information Panel: Floods
- Information Panel: For the deposit of arms
- Information Panel: Fortifying Bolivar Heights
- Information Panel: Foundations of Freedom
- Information Panel: Found Underground
- Information Panel: From Skirmish Line to Burial Ground
- Information Panel: Happiest time of my life
- Information Panel: Harper Cemetery
- Information Panel: Harper House Tavern
- Information Panel: Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill
- Information Panel: Harpers Ferry - Changes through Time
- Information Panel: Harpers Ferry Prize of War
- Information Panel: Head Gates and Inner Basin
- Information Panel: Heads versus Hands
- Information Panel: High Street in 1886
- Information Panel: Hiking Maryland Heights
- Information Panel: Historic Harpers Ferry
- Information Panel: History in the Mountains
- Information Panel: Holy Ground
- Information Panel: Home of Joseph Perkins, Armory Superintendent
- Information Panel: Home of Samuel Annin, Armory Paymaster
- Information Panel: House Ruins
- Information Panel: I am Tired of War
- Information Panel: I Just Had To Speak Out
…and 123 more in the app.
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