Wandering Well · Day trips · United States

What are nice weekend getaways from Washington, DC?

Short answer

Romney, Winchester and Purcellville are some potential weekend getaways within 100 miles of Washington, DC. City Point, Cumberland, Bellefonte and Harrisonburg are within 150 miles of Washington, DC. We list 14 places below, including 6 old-world towns (Johnstown and Staunton), 5 food and café towns (Frostburg and West Cape May), 4 lake or river towns (Oakland) and 3 mountain villages. More below.

Within 100 miles 3 places

Purcellville, United States
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Food scenes & café towns

Purcellville

Virginia · United States

This little town in Virginia's Loudoun County with a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size, Purcellville sits close to the Blue Ridge Mountai…

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Romney, United States
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Inland waterside towns

Romney

Hampshire County, West Virginia · United States

One of the two oldest towns in West Virginia, Romney was established in 1762 along the South Branch Potomac River, with the Appalachian highlands close by.

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Winchester, United States
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Mountain villages

Winchester

Winchester city, Virginia · United States

A walkable Virginia town in the Shenandoah Valley mountain terrain, Winchester has a centre with a concentration of historic churches, cafés, and restaurants…

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Within 150 miles 11 places

Cumberland, United States
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Inland waterside towns

Cumberland

Allegany County, Maryland · United States

A photogenic city on the Potomac River in Western Maryland, Cumberland has a compact centre with a concentration of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches.

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Johnstown, United States
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Inland waterside towns

Johnstown

Cambria County, Pennsylvania · United States

Johnstown, a Pennsylvania steel town in Cambria County, is best known today for the catastrophic 1889 flood that devastated the city — an event commemorated…

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Harrisonburg, United States
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Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg city, Virginia · United States

This walkable university city in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, Harrisonburg has a centre dense with cafés, restaurants, and historic churches, shaped in part…

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Staunton, United States
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Charming old-world towns

Staunton

Staunton city, Virginia · United States

Staunton, in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, is the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S.

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Bellefonte, United States
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Charming old-world towns

Bellefonte

Pennsylvania · United States

A small Pennsylvania town built along the water, Bellefonte rewards visitors with a walkable historic core, an impressive concentration of old churches, a li…

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Oakland, United States
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Mountain villages

Oakland

Garrett County, Maryland · United States

This modest county seat in western Maryland sits close to Deep Creek Lake and the Wisp Ski Resort, with a historic district that makes it one of the more wal…

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Frostburg, United States
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Mountain villages

Frostburg

Allegany County, Maryland · United States

A pocket-sized Appalachian college town in western Maryland, Frostburg sits along the historic National Road (US 40) and serves as the western terminus of th…

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Boyertown, United States
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Charming old-world towns

Boyertown

Pennsylvania · United States

Boyertown's ornate Victorian-era train station — a vivid yellow-and-green Gothic Revival depot with vintage passenger cars alongside — anchors this compact P…

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Thomas, United States
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Quiet rural escapes

Thomas

Tucker County, West Virginia · United States

A former coal town in West Virginia's upland country, Thomas lines its main street with solid multi-story red-brick commercial buildings backed by forested h…

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West Cape May, United States
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Coast & island escapes

West Cape May

New Jersey · United States

A pocket-sized waterfront village on the Cape May peninsula in New Jersey, West Cape May sits at the southern tip of the northeastern United States with scen…

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City Point, United States
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City Point

Hopewell city, Virginia · United States

A tiny waterfront community in Virginia's Hopewell city, City Point sits right at the water's edge with a modest café and dining scene, and easy access to th…

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