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The Capital Region

Founding-father history, Blue Ridge byways, and Chesapeake shores.

About The Capital Region

Three destinations, one seamless fly-drive: the monuments and museums of Washington DC, Virginia's Civil War battlefields and Skyline Drive through Shenandoah, and Maryland's Chesapeake Bay crab shacks. The Capital Region is American history at walking pace, with the Blue Ridge Mountains an hour from the National Mall.

Regional Highlights

The unmissable The Capital Region

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The National Mall & Smithsonian museums, Washington DC

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Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

03

Colonial Williamsburg & historic Jamestown, Virginia

04

Monticello & Charlottesville wine country, Virginia

05

Annapolis & the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

06

Antietam & Gettysburg battlefield drives

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