HOSTEL HI - KNOXVILLE - HARPERS FERRY HOSTEL
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HI - Knoxville - Harpers Ferry Hostel 19123 Sandy Hook Rd Knoxville MD 21758 USA Tel. 1-301-834 7652  |
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Travel Tip Joanne, USA (Traveller): «The restaurants in Harpers Ferry are good, but a bit pricey. They rely soley on tourists and there are no grocery stores. It was hard to find a "budget meal". Lunch cost me around twenty dollars, including tip for a good soup [...]» | more... |
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The Contemporary American Theatre Festival and live music clubs are in nearby Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Both Amtrak (daily) and the MARC (workdays-only) provide train service to and from Washington DC's Union Station.
Up the hill from the C&O Canal Towpath and the Appalachian Trail, HI-Harpers Ferry is located in Knoxville, MD - a short two miles from the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. HI-Harpers Ferry overlooks the Potomac River in an historic lodge complete with a stone fireplace and surrounded by serene nature settings. This 36 bed hostel and campground is the perfect location for your getaway to a home away from home. Whether you are stopping off for a break along the trail, taking a rest from your bicycling adventures, taking the family for a weekend getaway, or diverging from the east coast city hostel tour - HI-Harpers Ferry has everything you could ask for.
Private/Family Rooms Available Sheets and towels included in price FREE WiFi and Guest Use Computer FREE Make Your Own Pancake Breakfast! Guest use laundry - $4.00 full loads, $2.00 half loads FREE Coffee and Tea all day long No Lock Out beginning May 29, 2010.Camping facilities complete with firepit and grills for cooking outdoors
Our front desk is open for check ins from 4pm to 10pm with a night time curfew of 11:00pm. Quiet hours in the hostel are from 11pm to 8am, though you may utilize our common area as late as you like so long as you respect the quiet hours of other guests sleeping. Our front desk opens for check outs from 7am to 10am, with extended hours on the weekends. There is a day time lock out between 10am and 4pm, no lock out on Fridays and Saturdays starting.
We have a full guest use kitchen, large common and dining area with a stone fireplace and plenty of free books for reading, and an outdoor deck and front porch for relaxing outside. We also offer space for camping and have a fire pit that campers and hostellers can use. For campers we have a port a potty and potable water available on teh outside of the building. We also have grills for cooking outdoors and lots of games such as Frisbee and volleyball.
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| Bed price from: | 18.00 USD |
| Single Room: | 45.00 USD |
| Double/Twin Room: | 45.00 USD |
| 3 Bed Private Room: | 63.00 USD |
| 4 Bed Private Room: | 81.00 USD |
| 5 Bed Private Room: | 99.00 USD |
| 6+ Bed Private Room: | 117.00 USD |
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| Number of rooms: | 1 | 3 | 36 |
Opening times
| Opening times (daily/weekly): | CURRENTLY CLOSED. Beginning April 15, 2010, open from 7am-10am and 5pm-10pm daily. *Curfew is 11pm on all nights. No check in available after 11pm. |
| Opening times (over the year): | CURRENTLY CLOSED. November 15-April 15 2010. GROUPS: We are open year round for groups of 10 or more. Reservations are required for groups during the off season. |
Directions
| Bus: | Greyhound in Frederick, MD to Knoxville, MD. Walk from Knoxville. |
| Parking: | Free:Car/Trailer Parking Bus/Coach Parking for Hostellers&Campers Fee Parking for Multi-Day Hikers |
| Location: | Across Potomac River from Harpers Ferry, WV, 16 miles west of Frederick, MD. Take U.S. Hwy. 340 to Keep Tryst Road. exit, then take first right on Sandy Hook Road. |
| Rail: | Harpers Ferry, WV AMTRAK / MARC Train Station. From the Harper's Ferry train station (MARC train) , turn left and walk to the foot bridge spanning the Potomac River. Cross the foot bridge and at the bottom of the bridge, turn right. Walk approx. 1.5+ miles until you are under the car traffic bridge (rt.340). There's a narrow, steep gravel foot path up towards the train tracks (WATCH for trains crossing!!!). Cross the tracks and then you will be on Sandy Hook Road. Turn right and a short walk up the road is the hostel. |
| Airport: | Baltimore / Washington International Airport (BWI). Take train to Washington DC, switch at Union Station to the MARC Brunswick Line. Get off in Brunswick, MD or Harpers Ferry, W.V. |
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