Mid-Atlantic Active and Adventure Vacations

Mid-Atlantic Active and Adventure Travel Guide

• Mid-Atlantic Overview
• Mid-Atlantic Hotels
• Mid-Atlantic Attractions
• Mid-Atlantic Feature Articles
• Mid-Atlantic Vacation Rentals

Other Guides for Mid-Atlantic

Active and Adventure Guide
• Biking
• Climbing
• Hiking and Backpacking
• Paddling
• Beach Guide
  • Sailing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Active and Adventure Destinations In Mid-Atlantic

• Appalachian Trail, ME
  
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD
  
• Catoctin Mountain Park, MD
  
• Chesapeake Bay, MD
  
• Lehigh Valley, PA
  
• Monongahela National Forest, WV
  
• New River Gorge National River, WV
  
• Ohiopyle State Park, PA
  
• Slatyfork, WV
  
• Wharton State Forest, NJ
  

Travel Guides In Mid-Atlantic

• Baltimore, MD
  • Family Guide
• Philadelphia, PA
  • Family Guide
• Washington DC, US
  • Family Guide
• Atlantic City, NJ
  • Family Guide
• Cape May, NJ
  • Beach Guide
• Rehoboth Beach, DE
  • Beach Guide
• Bethany Beach, DE
  • Beach Guide
• Lewes, DE
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Assateague Island National Seashore, MD
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Chesapeake Bay, MD
  • Beach Guide

United States Active and Adventure Subregions

• Mid-Atlantic
• Midwest
• Mountain West
• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast
• Southwest

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

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Mid-Atlantic Active and Adventure Destinations

• Maryland
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

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Feature Articles

• Washington, D.C.
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  TIRED OF SWEATING OUT the armpits of every shirt you own? Life around the capital can get sticky. Here's your new national policy initiative: Get out of town for a blast of freewheeling enterprise.
• October Active/Adventure Travel Guide
  
• New River Gorge National River
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  West Virginia
• GORP - Allegheny National Forest - Top Picks
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• GORP - West Virginia - Monongahela National Forest - Top Picks
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Trip Ideas

• Allegheny Getaway: Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania
  GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Washington, D.C.
• Cycling in the Mountain State: The Singletrack of West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest
  
• Five Great Family Escapes
  100-Mile Wilderness Trail, Maine
• Boston, Massachusetts: Charles River
  Urban Rivers: Northeast

Practical Advice

• A Mountain Climbing Primer
  
• A Whitewater Rafting Primer
  
• A Sea Kayaking Primer
  
• A Trekking Primer
  
• Be the Sag Wagon
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  How to pull off a bike tour on your own two wheels.

GORPTravel Trips

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  Rocky Gap Lodge & Resort
  Rocky Gap Lodge & Resort
  from $184, 1-7 days
  Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort is a sporting paradise. It is home to Maryland‘s only Jack Nicklaus golf course. In addition to golf, the Resort...
  
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  West Virginia Raft & Relax
  Class VI Mountain River
  from $425, 2 days
  Enjoy whitewater rafting and adventure vacations in the New River Gorge & on the Gauley River. Delight in exciting whitewater rapids and stunning...
  
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  The Resort at Glade Springs
  The Resort at Glade Springs
  from $199, 1-7 days
  Get yourself to The Resort at Glade Springs and prepare for some great fun in the mountains of West Virginia. ...
  
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  West Virginia Family Multisport
  Sierra Club Outings
  from $545, 7 days
  The New River has been on its present path for over 65 million years. The river was formed before the Appalachian Mountain Plateau. We will be...
  
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  New River Overnight - Double Your Fun
  Class VI Mountain River
  from $300, 2 days
  The Lower New Overnight 2-Day flat-out has everything. If you like exploring on hikes, gently floating down lazy stretches of river, camping that's...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things paddling.
• Complete Gear Archives: Cycling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things related to cycling.
• Complete Gear Archives: Climbing
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things climbing.
• How I Came to Know and Love the Backcountry
  The Basics of Telemark Skiing

Fitness

• Mountain Athlete
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  Jackson, Wyoming
• Chalk It Up
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  Experience is the key to mountaineering prowess, but high-altitude fitness makes all the difference on summit day
• Blitzing the Backcountry
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  Turn your winter fitness routine into a brand-new adventure
• The Rowbike
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  Video
• Saddle Up
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  Spring is here. Time to wipe the cobwebs off your bike, oil your chain, and kick your fitness into a new gear. Here's how.

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Hotels

Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa
4165 Mears Avenue
Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732 Map

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Annapolis Marriott Waterfront
80 Compromise Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 Map

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Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Summersville, WV
106 MERCHANT WALK SHOPPING CTR
SUMMERSVILLE, WV 26651 Map

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