Cheap Things To Do in Halfway, Maryland

Mules stopped pulling coal barges in 1924; now bikers pass locks, lockhouses, and aqueducts while looking for bald eagles. The Monocacy Aqueduct, at milepost 42.2, has just been restored to its ori... More on travelandleisure

Harpers Ferry National Historic Site contains many exhibits and museums pertaining to history , industry, John Brown, the civil war, African American history , environmental history , and tr... More on igougo

Statue of "Hope" marks the burial place of more than 2,000 Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War battles ... More on Search.visitmaryland.org

Inscription. Part of an original grant of 10,000 acres known as Conococheague Manor, the mansion house was built early in the 1800's and tradition attributes its design to Benjamin H. Latrobe. It i... More on HMDB

Camping, boat launch, boat rental, camp store, flat water canoeing, hiking trails, picnic area, playground, swimming May-September (lifeguards Memorial Day to Labor Day), mountain biking and huntin... More on GoingToTheBeach.com

Follow Mt Lena for roughly a mile then make a left onto Greenbrier road then watch for a small parking area on the left. More on trails.mtbr.com

Are you ready for a beating? This trail is probably one of the primary reasons full suspension was invented. Like its neighbor the Yellow Trail, this is one of the toughest and most sought-out ride... More on Trails

Grew up near this trail and loved every second I was on it- including the t More on Trails

Inscription. “The turnpike bridge at Funkstown is the only one. which seems to belong to a town” : —Helen Ashe Hays, The Antietam and its Bridges, This bridge, finished in 1823, is perhaps the oldest one over Antietam ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Confederate presence at Funkstown threatened any Union advance against Gen. Robert E. Lees position near Williamsport and the Potomac River as he retreated to Virginia after the Ba... More on HMDB

Inscription. After Gettysburg, in order to mask entrenching operations along the Potomac river by General R. E. Lee, Confederate troops, led by General J. E. B. Stuart, engaged Union forces under G... More on HMDB

Inscription. By the citizens of the Funkstown District in grateful appreciation of the services of those of her citizens who were engaged with the military, navy and marine forces of the United States in the World War. 1914-1918, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Used to treat Confederate officer H. D. McDaniel 11th GA. Regt. during the battle of Funkstown July 10, 1863, who suffered a severe wound and was brought to this house. He survived to later become governor of Georgia. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This bridge over Antietam Creek at Funkstown was built in 1833 by George Weaver for $1,800. At this site was Shafers Mill where flour was ground. The most notable feature of this bridge is the graduated size of its three ... More on HMDB

Inscription. When the National Road was completed through Funkstown in 1823, a rush of “stagecoaches and wagon teams, droves of cattle, teamsters and travelers” flooded through the town. Although Baltimore was seventy ... More on HMDB