Romantic Getaways near Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Two-person cabins and inns with hot tubs, fireplaces and privacy, concentrated around the New River Gorge, Canaan Valley and the Greenbrier Valley. Most listings here sleep four or fewer and sit on their own lot.

The C&O Canal National Historical Park runs 184.5 miles along the Maryland bank of the Potomac River from Washington, DC to Cumberland, and its towpath faces the West Virginia shore for much of the Eastern Panhandle. Travelers cross to it at Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown and Williamsport. It is a flat crushed-stone path used for cycling, running and long-distance touring, and it connects to the Great Allegheny Passage at Cumberland.