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Explore Silver Grove
Silver Grove in Jefferson County (West Virginia) is located in United States about 47 mi (or 76 km) north-west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
Local time in Silver Grove is now 06:19 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -4 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Silver Grove, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field in a distance of 28 mi (or 45 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in a distance of 89 mi (or 143 km), South. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Charles Town, Leesburg, Martinsburg, Berryville and Hagerstown. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 83 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Evening Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
Night Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 14% |
Air Humidity | 59% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 13% of sky |
General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
Wednesday, 22nd of May 2024
23°C (74 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 23rd of May 2024
27°C (81 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Friday, 24th of May 2024
27°C (81 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Lily Garden Bed and Breakfast
WV Motel 6 Charles Town
Clarion Inn Harpers Ferry-Charles Town
KNIGHTS INN KNOXVILLE HARPERS
Videos from this area
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Harper's Cemetery In Harpers Ferry
Author and Paranormalist Vince Wilson tells you some stories and valuable information on Harper's Cemetery.
Harpers Ferry - Video Tour of Historic Town & Attractions, West Virginia - USA
Harpers Ferry - West Virginia - Short Video Tour of Historic Town & Attractions, USA - May 2012. HD Video Tour of Historic Harpers Ferry Town, Shenandoah Canal, Shenandoah River, Railroad Bridge.
Harpers Ferry KOA West Virginia
Fall camping at Harpers Ferry KOA/Civil War Battlefields KOA. An overview of the campground when the leaves have fallen and the tourist have just about all gone further south.
Harpers Ferry & John Brown
John Brown's radical approach to ridding the United States of slavery started with his attack on the federal armoury at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and ended with the first canon fired at Fort Sumter...
Railfanning Harpers Ferry, WV 6/21/2014 Train 2 - Amtrak's Capitol Limited
Amtrak 181, a P42DC and Amtrak 114, a P42DC lead Amtrak's Eastbound Capitol Limited #30 to a stop at Harpers Ferry, WV's Amtrak Station, then get on their way again on CSX's Cumberland ...
whitewater rafting Harpers Ferry West Virginia
West Virginia whitewater rafting in Harpers Ferry www.riverriders.com.
Amtrak 52 & 76 @ Harper's Ferry.avi
Amtrak 52 & 76 stops @ Harper's Ferry Station on a cold, windy day.
Harpers Ferry Freight Train from above
eastbound into maryland over bridge and through tunnel. gevo, SD-50 ?--- **** "CSX Transportation (CSXT) will host a public open house to discuss the National Gateway initiative clearance...
Picture Yourself at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park!
National Park Week is April 21 - 29, 2012. Come out and visit us at Harpers Ferry NHP during this week to celebrate National Park Week! Visit us online at www.nps.gov/hafe.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. It was formerly Harper's Ferry with an apostrophe and that form continues to appear in some references. It is situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers where the U.S. states of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia meet. It is the easternmost town in West Virginia. The town is located on a low-lying flood plain created by the two rivers and surrounded by higher ground.
Bolivar, West Virginia
Bolivar is a town in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The population was 1,045 at the 2000 census and was exactly the same number in the 2010 census. Originally known as Mudfort, Bolivar was granted a charter as a town by the Virginia General Assembly in December 1825.
Battle of Harpers Ferry
The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought September 12–15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. As Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson surrounded, bombarded, and captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, a major victory at relatively minor cost.
Storer College
Storer College was a historically black college located in Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West Virginia. It operated from 1865 until 1955. Its former campus is now part of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
John Brown's Fort
John Brown's Fort was the building built in 1848 that was originally constructed for use as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, then a part of Virginia. An 1848 military report described the building as "An engine and guard-house 35? x 24 feet, one story brick, covered with slate, and having copper gutters and down spouts…" The building achieved notoriety during John Brown's Raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory in 1859.
Virginius Island, West Virginia
Virginius Island is an island on the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The island is formed by the Shenandoah Canal, constructed by the Patowmack Company between 1806 and 1807, which separates it from the town of Harpers Ferry. Virginius Island is part of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Virginius Island was once its own thriving industrial town on the Shenandoah River in the nineteenth century.
Jefferson Rock
Jefferson Rock is a rock formation on the Appalachian Trail above lower Harpers Ferry in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. It consists of several large masses of shale rock, piled one upon the other, that overlook the Shenandoah River just prior to its confluence with the Potomac River. The name of this landmark derives from Thomas Jefferson, who stood there on October 25, 1783.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry; in many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe-s. ) was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's raid, accomplished by 20 men in his party, was defeated by a detachment of U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee.