Day Trips® from Washington, D.C. Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler
by Kanter, BethEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2010-06-15
Publisher(s): GPP Travel
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Summary
Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips guides. For local travelers seeking new adventures in their own backyards, as well as vacationers, each volume offers hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive.
Author Biography
Beth Kanter is a feature writer who has spent the better part of the last two decades living in Washington, D.C., with her favorite road trip partner (her husband) and their two children. Beth reviews hotels for the Fodor’s Washington, DC, series and updated the most recent Michelin Must Sees Washington, D.C. guide. Her work has also appeared in a variety of magazines, newspapers and electronic publications including Wondertime, Parents, American Baby, Shape, vtravelled.com, Fodors.com, the Chicago Tribune and Pages. Beth has an MSJ from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. You can visit her online at www.bethkanter.com.
Table of Contents
| introduction | p. x |
| using this guide | p. xii |
| north | |
| day trip | p. 01 |
| madame butterfly's magical gardens | p. 2 |
| wheaton, md | p. 2 |
| day trip | p. 02 |
| charm, history, and antiques, oh my! | p. 7 |
| frederick, md | p. 7 |
| day trip | p. 03 |
| because the mountains won't come to you | p. 13 |
| sugarloaf mountain, md | p. 13 |
| catoctin mountain park, md | p. 16 |
| cunningham falls state park, md | p. 18 |
| northeast | |
| day trip | p. 01 |
| baltimore's urban villages | p. 20 |
| mt. vernon cultural district | p. 20 |
| fell's point | p. 26 |
| hampden | p. 28 |
| day trip | p. 02 |
| triple-header day for baseball buffs | p. 32 |
| bowie, md | p. 32 |
| baltimore | p. 34 |
| frederick, md | p. 37 |
| day trip | p. 03 |
| gardens that fool the eye and tickle the senses | p. 38 |
| ladew topiary gardens: monkton, md | p. 38 |
| east | |
| day trip | p. 01 |
| seaside capital | p. 46 |
| annapolis, md | p. 46 |
| day trip | p. 02 |
| blue skies, blue waters, blue crabs | p. 53 |
| chestertown, md | p. 53 |
| st. michaels, md | p. 58 |
| cambridge, md | p. 60 |
| day trip | p. 03 |
| wondrous wetlands | p. 62 |
| blackwater national wildlife refuge, md | p. 62 |
| southeast | |
| day trip | p. 01 |
| waterslides and pullman cars | p. 70 |
| chesapeake beach, md | p. 70 |
| day trip | p. 02 |
| sittin' on the dock of the bay | p. 75 |
| tilghman island, md | p. 75 |
| day trip 03 | |
| whimsical art oasis | p. 79 |
| annmarie garden sculpture park and art center: dowell, md | p. 79 |
| day trip | p. 04 |
| archaeological explorations | p. 85 |
| calvert cliffs state park, md | p. 87 |
| flag ponds nature park, md | p. 88 |
| jefferson patterson park, md | p. 89 |
| st. mary's city, md | p. 90 |
| south | |
| day trip 01 | |
| new port of call for fun and food | p. 94 |
| national harbor, md | p. 94 |
| day trip 02 | |
| embrace your inner farmer | p. 99 |
| oxon hill, md | p. 99 |
| day trip 03 | |
| city streets | p. 103 |
| richmond, va | p. 103 |
| southwest | |
| day trip 01 | |
| civil war battlefield | p. 112 |
| manassas national battlefield: manassas, va | p. 112 |
| day trip 02 | |
| brunch and browsing near the blue ridge | p. 118 |
| culpeper, va | p. 118 |
| day trip 03 | |
| caving in | p. 125 |
| luray caverns, va | p. 125 |
| west | |
| day trip 01 | |
| horse and hunt country | p. 132 |
| middleburg, va | p. 132 |
| day trip 02 | |
| scenic small towns | p. 138 |
| warrenton, va | p. 138 |
| paris, va | p. 142 |
| the plains, va | p. 143 |
| northwest | |
| day trip 01 | |
| pick your own pie filling | p. 146 |
| germantown, md | p. 146 |
| poolesville, md | p. 150 |
| day trip 02 | |
| eat, stroll, shop | p. 154 |
| leesburg, va | p. 154 |
| day trip 03 | |
| walk this way | p. 159 |
| waterford, va | p. 159 |
| day trip 04 | |
| "almost heaven" west virginia | p. 164 |
| berkeley springs, wv | p. 164 |
| cacapon resort state park, wv | p. 169 |
| festivals and celebrations | p. 171 |
| index | p. 177 |
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