Middletown, Maryland · Frederick County · Visitor Center
Visitors to Belle Grove Plantation enter at the Beverly B. Shoemaker Welcome Center. Welcome Center hours include the museum shop and grounds of Belle Grove Plantation. Tickets to tour the Manor House are for sale in the museum shop.
Visitors to Belle Grove Plantation enter at the Beverly B. Shoemaker Welcome Center. Welcome Center hours include the museum shop and grounds of Belle Grove Plantation. Tickets to tour the Manor House are for sale in the museum shop.
Belle Grove Plantation is one mile south of Middletown, Virginia, just off US Route 11 (US-11). From Interstate 66, take Interstate 81 north to exit 302 (Route 627). Go west on Route 627 to US-11 in Middletown. Turn left to travel south on US-11. After passing through Middletown, follow US-11 one mile south to Belle Grove Road and turn right.
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