Destinations · Maryland
La Plata
MD · 38.5342, -76.9733
From La Plata, Maryland, Byway's registries place 6 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Get in
La Plata is located on US Route 301, a major East coast North-South highway. La Plata does not have an airport or a train service. The easiest way to get to La Plata is by car. Driving time to La Plata is about 1 hour from Washington, D.C., about 1.5 hours from Baltimore, and about one hour and forty-five minutes from Richmond (Virginia).
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Religious Freedom Byway · 2 mi · national
- Booth's Escape · 3 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway · 13 mi · national
- Star-Spangled Banner Byway · 14 mi
- Roots and Tides Byway · 20 mi
- Old Georgetown Pike · 30 mi
Lookouts
- Fort Washington Overlook · 13 mi
- Viewing Area · 25 mi
- Freedom Park Viewpoint · 25 mi
- George Washington Memorial Parkway Overlook 1 · 27 mi
Named places
- Port Tobacco Courthouse · 3 mi
- Rose Hill · 3 mi
- Boarman Memorial · 8 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi · 8 mi
- Ellenboro Hill · 9 mi
- Bunker Hill · 9 mi
- Ravens Crest · 10 mi
- General Smallwood Retreat House · 12 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Waldorf · 9 mi
- Fort Washington · 15 mi
- Mount Vernon · 15 mi
- Southern Maryland · 15 mi
- South Alexandria · 16 mi
- National Harbor · 17 mi