Area Attractions
(5 - 30 minutes away)
Historic Savage Mill - Restaurants, Shops (25+), Antiques and more -- approximately 1 mile
Arundel Mills shopping mecca
Baltimore -- Convention Center, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Camden Yard
Fort McHenry
Walters Art Gallery
National Aquarium
Annapolis -- US Naval Academy, Historic sites, State Capitol
Chesapeake Bay & Bay Bridge
Antique Malls
Washington, DC -- Nation's Capitol,
National Monuments, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Museums, National Zoo
The historic Commodore Joshua Barney House is conveniently located between WASHINGTON, DC and BALTIMORE, Maryland. History is all around us! Day tripping is so easy train/metro stations to these two cities within minutes of the Inn. Drive to Historic ANNAPOLIS and the CHESAPEAKE BAY - about 22 miles to the southeast. BWI airport, ELLICOTT CITY, COLUMBIA, LAUREL, and FT. MEADE are only a short 5 - 15 minute drive. COLLEGE PARK, Beltsville , Greenbelt and Silver Spring can be reached in twenty minutes or less. Both the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) and the Washington Beltway (I-495) are within 15 minutes of the Joshua Barney House.
Nearby, you'll find hundreds of RESTAURANTS (trendy, ethnic, traditional, elegant or simple fare) and, of course, famous Maryland crab cakes!
The surrounding the area is a Mecca of ANTIQUE SHOPS (Savage Mill, Ellicott City, Laurel, Frederick, and more) , MUSEUMS (Spy Museum, Smithsonian Institution Museums, Air & Space Museum, Star Spangled Banner Museum, B & O Railroad Museum), SYMPHONIES (Meyerhoff, National Symphony, Lyric Opera House), ART GALLERIES (National Gallery of Art, Walters Art Gallery, Corcoran, the Phillips Collection), MONUMENTS (Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson Memorials, Holocaust, WWII, Ft McHenry),
UNIVERSITIES (Maryland University, Johns Hopkins, Naval Academy, Georgetown University, THEATERS (Kennedy Center, First Mariner Arena, Ford's Theater, Hippodrome Performing Arts Center), SPORTING VENUES (Camden Yard, Fed Ex field, MCI Center,
Laurel/Preakness/Pimlico Race Tracks), LIBRARIES (Enoch Pratt, Library of Congress, Folger-Shakespeare Library), HISTORIC HOMES (Mt. Vernon, William Paca House, Dumbarton House, Woodlawn Plantation), FESTIVALS, ZOOS and AQUARIUMS, HISTORIC VILLAGES and WATERFRONT TOWNS. There is no scarcity of shopping - (Savage Mill, Arundel Mills, Baltimore's Inner Harbor); big malls and little shops abound.