The Best Wedding Venues in Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry is such a dreamy and adventurous destination for weddings. Harpers Ferry is approximately an hour outside of Washington DC and right on the border of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It’s a picturesque historic town located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, surrounded by beautiful mountains, cliffs and forests with a ton of outdoor activities for everyone. It’s the perfect place for your wedding, here are our favorite wedding venues in the Harpers Ferry area.

Adventure Elopement in Harpers Ferry with Yulia + Alex

Yulia & Alex’s adventure elopement in Harpers Ferry was a DREAM!

Adventure elopements are a type of wedding ceremony where the couple chooses to exchange vows in a remote outdoor location. It is typically a more intimate and casual event compared to a traditional wedding and the focus is on the natural surroundings and the couples connection to each other rather than on traditional customs and wedding guests.

Harpers Ferry Spring River Elopement with M+B

On the blog today is M + B’s May 1st wedding in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia and Knoxville Maryland. These two tied the knot on a surprisingly chilly May day. It was calling for crazy rain all day. About an hour before their ceremony while Meaghan was getting ready it rained buckets and then, as if the sky knew these two were to be married the rain stopped and held off for the rest of the night!

Winter Wedding Bliss in Harpers Ferry with M + J

Coming to you on the blog today is M + J’s January wedding in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia and Knoxville Maryland. These two tied the knot on a very cold beautiful sunny day. It was calling for a high of 10 degrees that day! Love kept these two warm!

We met up with M + J at The Wedding Niche where they were finishing getting ready. We headed down to the river in separate cars and they had their first look on the bank of the Potomac River. We took some photos and then they had a private vow exchange. We then took them into Harpers Ferry to have their practice first dance on top of Jefferson Rock overlooking the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.

Alanna & Gage's Adventure Elopement in Harpers Ferry

Alanna & Gage eloped on the river in Harpers Ferry on November 11th, 2021. 11.11 and Veterans Day, these two members of the Navy tied the knot on the water. Recently these two have been separated by thousands of miles, him living in Hawaii and her in Virginia they have been worlds apart. Hosted and officiated by the wonderful Lisa from The Wedding Niche.

Natalia & Anthony's Fall Adventure Elopement in Harpers Ferry at The Wedding Niche

Natalia & Anthony eloped on the river bank in Harpers Ferry on October 29th, 2021. The weather was calling for the worst, we had been getting river flood warnings for days leading up to it.

Caroline & Darin's Adventure Elopement in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Caroline & Darin were married November 19th 2021. These two contacted us and said hey whenever you have available next, we want to come to Harpers Ferry and elope! So with 5 days to plan, Caroline and Darin were able to get their florals from CM Bloomers out of Brunswick Maryland on short notice and we were off and with color still on the trees even! We had take our shoes off to walk through some VERY cold water to get out on the little island but these two were troopers and adventured with us all around Harpers Ferry. The most beautiful sunsets are after a storm. the light angled right in between the heavy cloud cover and the mountains right before it hits the horizon…perfection! These two have a special memory of Darin teaching Caroline how to wobble at a friends wedding in the beginning of their relationship so we had to wobble on their special day!

Appalachian Trail Adventure Elopement in Harpers Ferry

We recently did a styled shoot with several local wedding vendors to create some magical images highlighting small businesses in the Harpers Ferry area. The Wedding Niche hosted and coordinated our styled shoot, providing the most gorgeous historical backdrop and connected all the vendors. Outdoor Eventures set up their glamping tent, TLC Bridal Boutique provided the dress, The Little Things designed and made the earrings, Sofia Marraffa Flower Designs provided the gorgeous bouquet and cake florals, Monica’s Sugar Studio baked the delicious cake and Brixton is the hat maker. Our couple got ready, ate and cut the cake in their glamping tent, we then took our couple on a hike up the Appalachian Trail, we walked the Potomac River banks and drove up to an overlook to watch the sunset over Harpers Ferry with champagne. What an awesome way to say I do all within an hour of DC.