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Visiting Our Beautiful Town of Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg has many nearby options for activities like walking, biking, hiking and horseback riding the battlefields. There are plenty of golf courses and 2 nearby ski resorts.
These are some of the annual events that Adams county hosts throughout the year:
Spring— Civil war gun show, History Meets the Arts, Festival of Races, Brass Band Festival, Memorial Day Parade, Blue Grass Festival, Horror convention and a Film Festival
Summer— Battle of Gettysburg reenactment, Bike Week, 19th Century Baseball Festival, South Mountain Fair, 100 nights of taps, Brewfest, paranormal convention
Autumn— Wine and music Festival, WWII weekend, Pippenfest, Apple Harvest Festival, Halloween parade, Civil War Antique Gun Show, Remembrance Day parade, speeches and Balls.
Winter— Christmas Festival, Holiday House Tours, New Year's Eve at Lincoln Square, Gettysburg National Military Park Lecture Series
Let us be your quiet , comfortable home base while you take advantage of the many day trip destinations near us.
Drivable Historic locations:
Frederick, MD 40 minutes
Hershey, PA 1 hour
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD 1 hr, 20 min.
Lancaster's Amish country , PA 1 hr, 25 min.
Arlington Cemetery, VA 1 hr, 30 min
Air and Space Museum, VA, 1 hr, 30 min.
Annapolis, MD 1 hr, 40 min.
Mount Vernon, VA 1 hr, 45 min.
Washington, DC 1 hr, 45 min.
Drivable Battlefields:
Harper's Ferry, WV 1 hr.
Antietam, MD 1 hr.
Winchester VA 1 hr. 30 min
Manassas, VA 1 hr. 50 min
Front Royal, VA 1 hr. 55 min
Valley Forge, PA 2 hours