Bus
The easiest way to get to the hostel is to take advantage of the Hostel Hiker Shuttle bus, leaving from Baltimore and Washington DC three days a week. To make a reservation see www.hostelhiker.com Take Greyhound to Frederick, MD. From there you can either get a taxi to the hostel or take the MARC train (Monday through Friday) to the Barnesville Station. From the Barnesville Station you need to change MARC trains and take it to the Brunswick or Harpers Ferry Hostel stations. There is a weekday shuttle bus that can pick you up a block from the Greyhound Station in Frederick, Maryland. For bus schedules, call 301-694-2065 on weekdays from 8 AM to 4 PM. The bus will take you to Knoxville, which is a two mile walk from the hostel. From the Knoxville bus stop, simply walk over to the river, turn right and walk along the C&O Path, leave the C&O Path at the bulletin board just after milepost 58, cross the tracks, take a sharp left on the road, walk a mile, turn left on Sandy Hook Road, and the hostel is the first house on the left.
Parking
Parking is free for hostel guests. Limited bus and camper parking is available. Parking is at a fee for day hikers. Driving Directions: To get here from Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, take Route 340 East/North for about 4 miles towards Maryland. This will take you across the Shenandoah River into Virginia and then across the Potomac River into Maryland. Turn right at the first Maryland exit, which is the "Keep Tryst Road/Valley Road" exit. Then take the next right onto Sandy Hook Road, and the hostel is the first house on the left. To get here from Frederick, Maryland take Route 340 West for about 17 miles. Turn left at the last Maryland exit, before crossing the Potomac River into Virginia. That will be the "Keep Tryst Road" exit. Take the next right onto Sandy Hook Road, and the hostel is the first house on the left. To get from Washington D.C. to Frederick take Route 270 North for 50 miles. To get from Baltimore to Frederick, take Route 70 West for 50 miles. To get from Harrisburg or Gettysburg to Frederick, take Route 15 South.
Location
The easiest way to get to the hostel is to take advantage of the Hostel Hiker Shuttle bus, leaving from Baltimore and Washington DC three days a week. To make a reservation see www.hostelhiker.com Located 1/4 mile from the Appalachian Trail/C and O towpath at aproximately Mile 59, two miles by path from Harpers Ferry, WV (six miles by car), and 5 miles by path from Brunswick, MD (nine miles by car). For a map of the area see: http://bikewashington.org/canal/maps/map_ef.png
Rail
To travel by train, you can take AMTRAK (the Capitol Limited), or you can take the MARC Train (Brunswick Line), both of which run between Harpers Ferry and Union Station in WashingtonD.C. The MARC Train is very inexpensive (less than fifteen dollars round trip last time we checked), but it only runs on weekdays, with trains going toward D.C. early in the morning and leaving D.C. For schedules, call AMTRAK at 1-800-USA-RAIL or MARC at 1-800-325-RAIL. The hostel is a gorgeous two-mile walk along the Potomac River and Appalachian Trail (simply walk out of the Harpers Ferry Train Station and turn left until you get to the convergence of the two rivers and then proceed across the footbridge into Maryland). Alternatively you can call a taxi at 304-725-3794. The taxi from Harpers Ferry charges a flat rate of $35.
Airport
From the Baltimore / Washington International Airport (BWI) - http://tinyurl.com/2dohr76 From Dulles International Airport - http://www.metwashairports.com/dulles/809.htm - From Union Station take the MARC Train (Monday through Friday) or Amtrack to Brunswick or Harpers Ferry. See the 'Location' section for further directions.
