Thanksgiving near DC

CountingDown
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:55:49 +0000

A lot of people leave on Tuesday instead of Wednesday these days to avoid the traffic. We go from the MD suburbs to Bayonne and while it’s normally 4.25 hours, we count on at least seven at Thanksgiving. We drive back to DC on Saturday since my BIl and SIL head to Lancaster after Thanksgiving (!) and the traffic is generally fine, excpet near manjor shopping centers right off I-95 (most notably exit 67 on the north side of Baltimore).

Be sure you have an EZPass.

Ditto the folks recommending Annapolis.

Two hours out of DC (and you could go down I-81 and avoid the I-95 mess) is Charlottesville.

The Kennett Square, PA area is also nice (west of Phila). You’re not far from Valley Forge (and the King of Prussia mall), and Longwood Gardens which is close to Kennett Square does quite a holiday getup. There’s also Winterthur (DuPont estate/museum), Brandywine Museum of Art (lots of Wyeth paintings), Nemours Mansion (more DuPont), and some wineries and battlefields.