Ferry Hill Plantation Visitor Center

Worth the visit even when you can't go inside during the Pandemic.

We visited here on October 27th. It is closed due to the pandemic and in a state of disrepair however that being said to me it was still worth the visit we had read the history before we came. Upon ar...

Taken over by nature

It’s closed due to the pandemic and not being maintained. Impossible to get to the river path because of swarms of bugs in uncut grass. House needs some repairs too. Don’t bother.

The home of the man who rode with Stonewall

Ferry Hill Plantation has stood on the bluffs on the Potomac River overlooking the Shepherdstown Pike and the town of Shepherdstown, West Virginia, since the early 19th century. John Blackford built t...

Disappointing

This location is all about a plantation home, we expected to see more about the C & O Railroad. Not much to do with the C & O Canal. Maybe there was a better visitor center for us to have gone to th...

Blackford plantation on Potomac river.

This destination is available either by car or via Ferry Hill Trail that meets the C&O Canal Towpath. August weekend was a perfect time to visit this place as it is not always open. It is good to pic...