After my first time visit to New River Gorge National Park is based on a two-day visit I made in March 2025 — and I can already tell you it deserves every bit of its National Park designation. I visited New River Gorge across two days in March as part of a longer road trip…
The Harpers Ferry Battlefield Driving Tour offers an excellent way to explore one of the Civil War’s most strategic locations at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Unlike the more famous town of Harpers Ferry itself, this driving tour takes you through the surrounding hills and fields where Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched his first…
Looking for a National Park site that combines Civil War history with family-friendly hiking? Harpers Ferry National Historical Park delivers both and then some. We stood where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet, watching a park ranger carefully adjust his monocular to track nesting peregrine falcons. This was just an awesome location that combines history…
