Harpers Ferry Adventure Center

Has anyone stayed in one of the cabins here? Or, do you recommend another place to stay in Harpers Ferry?

I have not stayed at the Harper’s Ferry Adventure Campground so I can’t comment on its accommodations or amenities. However, I would comment that it is not an “easy” place to get to on a bike depending on your fitness and your confidence on riding on active, fast travelling, 2-lane highways, i.e Rt 340 off which the Adventure Center is located. Using Google Maps you can see two routes to the campground from the C&O Trail both of which include riding along a stretch of Rt 340 and have one or two steep climbs rising up out of the Potomac River valley. Both routes require that you cross the river from the C&O Trail. The first route requires that you carry your bike and gear up the steel stairs aside the train tressel into Harper’s Ferry to continue on toward Rt 340. The second route crosses the river on Rt 340 itself.

I’ve stayed at a hotel on the Maryland side of the river and at a bed and breakfast in Harper’s Ferry itself. Neither were partcularly great, but served the purpose for one night once getting there.

If you have not already done so, you can use this Bikecando.com website to identify various accommodations in the Harpers Ferry area that might be of interest. I would also note that there is a pay-to-stay campground immediately adjacent to the C&O Trail in Brunswick, MD about 7 miles east of Harper’s Ferry. Aside from the nearby noisy railroad operations, it is an alternative to camping at Harpers Ferry.

What Rivnuts said. You would be better off staying in Brunswick, Harpers Ferry, or Sheapherdstown if you don't want to camp.