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198  W ASHINGT ON , DC & THE C APIT AL REGION

Exploring Washington, DC
& the Capital Region
Washington, DC, the nation’s capital, with its
magnificent monuments, superb museums,
and cosmopolitan flavor, is a favorite
destination for tourists. Within easy reach of
the capital, the four states of Virginia, West Weirton Colorful furled sails on the Maryland coast
Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware are equally Nemours Mansion
rewarding to explore, offering a varied area of & Gardens
mountains, plains, beaches, and historic Columbus Wheeling Pittsburgh Harrisburg Hagley Museum/
towns. Among the region’s most popular Moundsville PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg Winterthur Eleutherian Mills
attractions are the Colonial town of Antietam National 95 Wilmington
Williamsburg, the scenic splendours of OHIO 250 Cheat Cumberland Battlefield Aberdeen New Castle
68
the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Akron Morgantown 219 81 Frederick Towson North Bay NEW
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81
Ridge Parkway, and the unspoiled Clarksburg 50 Harpers Columbia Baltimore Dover JERSEY
wilderness of West Virginia. The Parkersburg 50 Ferry 270 Annapolis DELAWARE
port city of Baltimore and the Weston 68 S. Branch P otomac Winchester Silver Spring
tranquil beaches of Delaware 33 Front 66 Dulles Washington, DC 50 Easton Lewes
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St.Michaels
Alexandria
also draw many visitors. Ripley 33 220 Royal George Washington’s Rehoboth
Sutton Lake Shenandoah Dale City Mount Vernon Beach
35 Kanawha Estate Cambridge
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77 75 250 A p p a l a c h i a n M o u n t a i n s Salisbury
Monongahela
33
64 Elk National Forest Skyline Drive 17 301 MARYLAND Ocean
Huntington Charleston WEST Fredericksburg City
Lexington Big Sandy 60 VIRGINIA Crisfield
119 Staunton 95
219 250 Chincoteague
New River Gorge Charlottesville Rappahonnock
National River 64 VIRGINIA 360 C h e s a p e a k e B a y
64 29 17 13
Williamson Beckley Blue Ridge James Richmond
52 Parkway
Tug Fork
60
460
219
KENTUCKY Laeger 77 Lynchburg Colonial Williamsburg Jamestown &
81 Petersburg Yorktown
Bluefield Roanoke Appomattox 295
Radford Court House 460 Hampton
460 Pulaski 95 James
501 360 Norfolk Virginia Beach
Norton 85 264
Marion Wytheville Philpott 220 29 Roanoke Suffolk
Clinch Abingdon 81 21 Lake Martinsville Dan John H. Kerr Lake
Gaston
58 Bristol 58 Reservoir
Johnson City NORTH CAROLINA Durham Rocky Mount
Knoxville
Charlotte
Key
Highway
Major road
Railroad
State border
John Brown’s Fort, Harpers Ferry National Park in West Virginia
For key to symbols see back flap

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