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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Potomac, Maryland, USA

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

19
 reviews
Length3.2 mi
Est. Steps7500
Introduction
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park is a 3.2 mile (7,500-step) route located near Potomac, Maryland, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 0 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Billy Goat Trail

Place
The Billy Goat Trail is a 4.7-mile (7.6 km) hiking trail that follows a path between the C&O Canal and the Potomac River within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park near Great Falls in Montgomery County, Maryland. The trail has three sections: Section A, the northernmost, is 1.7 miles (2.7 km); Section B is 1.4 miles (2.3 km); and Section C, the southernmost, is 1.6 miles (2.6 km)

Patowmack Canal

Place
The Patowmack Canal is a series of five inoperative canals located in Maryland and Virginia, United States, that was designed to bypass rapids in the Potomac River upstream of the present Washington, D.C. area. The most well known of them is the Great Falls skirting canal, whose remains are managed by the National Park Service as it is within Great Falls Park Virginia, an integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

Mather Gorge

Place
Mather Gorge is a river gorge south and just downriver of Great Falls in the state of Maryland bordering Virginia. The Maryland land side of the gorge is Bear Island, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, and the Virginia side is part of Great Falls Park. Both parks are National Park Service sites.

Bear Island (Maryland)

Place
Bear Island is an island located in Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland between the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near the Great Falls. It is managed by the National Park Service as part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and is co-owned by The Nature Conservancy.

Overlook 2

Tourist Attraction

Spitzbergen Cliffs

Tourist Attraction

Goat Trail (sec. A)

Tourist Attraction

Stop Gate

Tourist Attraction

Lock 16

Historical

Lock 15

Historical
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Ahmed
2023/08/21
PacerPal
2023/07/31
PacerPal
2023/07/21
tamtastic74
2023/06/25
rey3838
2022/11/13
juliaspark28
2022/10/17
Jimmy
2022/09/17
Ben
2022/09/06
Kadish
2021/07/25
Susie
2021/06/02
don
2021/03/29
shirpacha_11
2020/08/31
jo.donnelle
2020/07/26
chagg30
2020/07/12
Doana
2020/07/09
deenicoletti
2020/07/04
Browny
2020/07/03
rainblazer76
2020/06/28
Cheri
2020/04/19
Route Details

Length

3.2 mi

Est. Steps

7500
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