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Less than 10 minutes away:

The Tow Path @ - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail ( NPS) (just 5 miles from NCTC)

Shepherdstown - shops, art galleries, pubs, restaurants, movies, monuments, and beautiful architecture

Mondays - Karaoke at Tony's

Tuesdays - Open Mike at the Mecklenberg Inn

Thursdays - Appalachian Folk Jam Session at O'Hurley's

Movies at the Opera House @ (304)876-3704


30 Minutes Away:

Harper's Ferry National Historical Park & Touristy Town

Antietam National Historic Battlefield

Prime Outlets - Hagerstown

Maryland Heights - Hiking at Harper's Ferry NHP

Washington Monument State Park - Hiking outside of Boonsboro, MD

Blue Ridge Outfitters - Canoe, Raft, Kayak, Duckie - on the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers

Hagerstown Suns Baseball Team

Frederick Keys Baseball Team

About 1 Hour's Drive:

Berkeley Springs State Park

Berkeley Springs - hot springs, spa, tourist town

Washington Heritage Trail

Cacapon State Park , West Virginia

Catoctin Mountain Park , Maryland

1.5 Hours Drive:

Washington D.C.

Baltimore 

Patuxent Research Refuge - Laurel, Maryland

Annapolis - Old Town

2 Hours Drive

Mason Neck NWR

Gettysburg

Mt. Vernon

3 Hours Drive

Lancaster Amish Country

Hawk Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary

Dolly Sods Wilderness Area

Canaan Valley NWR

Blackwater NWR , Maryland

Blackwater Falls , West Virginia

Eastern Neck NWR

Monongahela National Forest

Local Car Rentals

Enterprise Rent-A-Car
901 N. Queen Street
Martinsburg, WV
(304) 264-2400
(Will deliver car to NCTC)

Hertz Rent-A-Car
5852 Shepherdstown Road
Martinsburg, WV
(304) 263-7823
(Just outside of Shepherdstown)

 



National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
U S Fish and Wildlife Service