Packhouse Ford, Shepherdstown

Name: Packhouse Ford
Address: Shepherdstown, United States

#2 among attractions in Shepherdstown

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Packhouse Ford, also known historically as Pack Horse Ford, Blackford's Ford and Boteler's Ford, is a historic crossing point of the Potomac River. It is located about 1 mile east of downtown Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and south of Sharpsburg, Maryland, USA. The crossing was a Native American crossing site and eventually became a major crossing point in colonial times. During the American Civil War, it was used by military forces involved in the 1862 Battle of Antietam. The site of the ford is marked by a commemorative marker on the West Virginia side of the river, at the junction of River and Trough Roads. ()

Coordinates: 39°25'51"N, 77°46'42"W

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Shepherdstown United States

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Day trips

Packhouse Ford – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burnside's Bridge, Rumsey Hall, Shepherd's Mill, Pry House Field Hospital Museum.

2.8 miNE
Historical place, Bridge
Burnside's Bridge, Sharpsburg
72 min walk • Burnside's Bridge is a landmark on the Civil War Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, northwestern Maryland.
1.4 miW
History museum, Museum
Rumsey Hall, Shepherdstown
36 min walk • Rumsey Hall, also known as the Entler Hotel, is an historic building in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The building is located in the center of the Shepherdstown Historic District and is a composite of six separate phases of construction. The earliest portion was built in 1786, and was the home belonging to Christian Cookus.
1.4 miW
Library
Shepherd's Mill, Shepherdstown
36 min walk • Shepherd's Mill is a gristmill in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, located on Town Run just as it descends to the Potomac River. The mill was built some time prior to 1739 by Thomas Shepherd, Sr. — founder and namesake of the town — as a two-story structure.
4.6 miNE
39°28'34"N • 77°42'51"W
Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Keedysville
118 min walk • History museum, Historical place, Garden
2.4 miNE
Church
Tolson's Chapel and School, Sharpsburg
63 min walk • Tolson's Chapel and School is a historic African American church located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States.
4.9 miSE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Kennedy Farmhouse, Sharpsburg
124 min walk • The Kennedy Farm is a National Historic Landmark property on Chestnut Grove Road in rural southern Washington County, Maryland. It is notable as the place where the radical abolitionist John Brown planned and began his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859.
1.5 miW
Neighbourhood
Shepherdstown Historic District, Shepherdstown
38 min walk • The Shepherdstown Historic District comprises the historic core of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The town is the oldest in West Virginia, founded in 1762 as Mecklenburg.
1.5 miW
Georgian architecture
Van Swearingen-Shepherd House, Shepherdstown
39 min walk • The Van Swearingen-Shepherd House, also known as Bellevue, is a Colonial Revival mansion in Shepherdstown, West Virginia that is home to the descendants of Captain Thomas Shepherd, founder of Shepherdstown.
1.5 miW
Georgian architecture
Conrad Shindler House, Shepherdstown
38 min walk • The Conrad Shindler House is a historic building, now home to the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
2.5 miNE
Georgian architecture
Good-Reilly House, Sharpsburg
64 min walk • The Good-Reilly House is a historic home located at Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the northeast corner of the town square and is a 1 ¹⁄₂-story stone house with combined Maryland colonial and Georgian stylistic influence.
1.8 miW
Interesting neighbourhood, Georgian architecture
Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge House, Shepherdstown
47 min walk • The Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge House — first known as Poplar Grove, then Rosebrake — is part of a group of structures affiliated with the Morgan's Grove rural historic district near Shepherdstown, West Virginia.