Lower Town Trailhead — Attraction in Harpers Ferry

The trailhead starts at the end of the parking lot opposite of the visitor's center. The trail has lots of steps. When you get to the bottom of the hill, you will cross the road and walk parallel along to traffic. Once you get to the mill ruins, I recommend taking the mill island trail. This will give you an opportunity get away from the noisy road and to see the Shenadoah River upclose. This trail is a more scenic route to...

Beautiful and challenging trail from the park and ride area of the National Park down to the Shenandoah river. I didn't take the trail all the way to it's end in tow. but there is a lot of elevation change in the first mile of the trail so be prepared. Saw a waterfall, several deer and other wildlife and some gorgeous views of the river...

Drops steeply from the parking lot up on the hill down to the river; then follows the road toward town. The first part (hill) is pretty if you’re going down and murder if you’re going up. A few tiny waterfalls are nice. The rest of the way is along the road- noisy and not very scenic. Next time, I’ll just take the...