Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1 to Adirondacks

Find the strength to drive a bit further (the driving in NY state is SO much easier than further south) and you'll be in BIG mountains with beautiful forests and lakes, rocky rivers, etc.

where in Adirondacks do you recommend?

You mentioned biking so I'll mention this. https://www.adirondackrailtrail.org/

Popular spots are Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, and Keene. But there are so many options depending on what you want. It's a big place. https://visitadirondacks.com/first-time-visitors

People love this place too: https://www.wildcenter.org/

Anonymous wrote:+1 to Adirondacks

Find the strength to drive a bit further (the driving in NY state is SO much easier than further south) and you'll be in BIG mountains with beautiful forests and lakes, rocky rivers, etc.

where in Adirondacks do you recommend?

+1 to Adirondacks

Find the strength to drive a bit further (the driving in NY state is SO much easier than further south) and you'll be in BIG mountains with beautiful forests and lakes, rocky rivers, etc.

Adirondacks is further than that but can't be beat in the summer.

Davis and hike Dolly Sods

Anonymous wrote:Looking to plan a last minute family trip in mid June - would like someplace in the mountains as we all love to hike and road/paved trail bike- ideally with a town within an easy drive for supplies and a decent grocery store/restaurant/coffee shop. I’m not a big fan of the Deep Creek Lake area (or maybe I just haven’t been to the charming part?). Would appreciate any suggestions- thanks.

For paved/flattish bike trails I’d look at Damascus or Abingdon Va and ride on the Virginia Creeper Trail, which will be lovely and have a lot of shade in June. Damascus has outfitters that will shuttle you to a stop to ride back from. Not about this for Abingdon but you can just hop on the trail and do an out and back ride. Abingdon is the prettier town with more shops and restaurants and a great little theater. Damascus is more of an outdoor biking, hiking, fishing spot.

Last September, we stayed outside of Waynesboro and that proved to be a good place. Waynesboro had a few fun restaurants. We drove down the blue right parkway and hiked and the drove up Skyline drive and hiked. We went to Monticello one day. We walked the BlueRidge tunnel trail one day - that was the biggest surprise. It was really cool.

Anonymous wrote:Davis, WV/Canaan Valley come to mind for localish. There are a lot of great options in Upstate New York and Vermont, but they exceed 6 hours.

Finger Lakes are only about 6 hours from DC

Fayetteville, WV

Roanoke

Agree with Davis, WV or its neighboring town Thomas.

Davis, WV/Canaan Valley come to mind for localish. There are a lot of great options in Upstate New York and Vermont, but they exceed 6 hours.

If you’re willing to go a bit further, I love Williamstown, MA. I’m biased because I went to college there.

The 7 towns along the Shen
https://www.virginia.org/blog/post/small-towns-shenandoah-valley/

Looking to plan a last minute family trip in mid June - would like someplace in the mountains as we all love to hike and road/paved trail bike- ideally with a town within an easy drive for supplies and a decent grocery store/restaurant/coffee shop. I’m not a big fan of the Deep Creek Lake area (or maybe I just haven’t been to the charming part?). Would appreciate any suggestions- thanks.