National Park Service · MD
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Preserving America's early transportation history, the C&O Canal began as a dream of passage to Western wealth. Operating for nearly 100 years the canal was a lifeline for communities along the Potomac River as coal, lumber, and agricultural products floated down the waterway to market. Today it endures as a pathway for discovering historical, natural, and recreational treasures.
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Knobley Tunnel Trail
Hiking · County
12/100
0.1 mi 14 ft gain gravel
Lock 75 Path
Hiking · County
10/100
0.06 mi 12 ft gain gravel
Log Roll Orange Trail
Hiking · County
8/100
0.06 mi 13 ft gain
Great Eastern Trail
Hiking · County
6/100
0.08 mi 0 ft gain
Long Pond Red Trail
Hiking · County
4/100
1.26 mi 56 ft gain
Western Maryland Rail Trail
Hiking · County
1/100
2.06 mi 132 ft gain dirt
Paw Paw Tunnel Hill Trail
Hiking · County
1/100
1.42 mi 381 ft gain mixed
Falling Waters Road
Hiking · County
0/100
0.47 mi 0 ft gain mixed
Beaver Pond Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.36 mi 3 ft gain mixed
Tuscarora Trail
Hiking · County
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0.04 mi 0 ft gain
River Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.99 mi 12 ft gain dirt
Calithea Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.9 mi 194 ft gain
Gold Mine Spur
Hiking · County
0/100
0.82 mi 205 ft gain easy dirt
Woodland Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.69 mi 48 ft gain dirt
Overlook Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.67 mi 128 ft gain dirt
Ford Mine Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.58 mi 39 ft gain dirt
Anglers Spur
Hiking · County
0/100
0.54 mi 12 ft gain dirt
Lock 16 Spur
Hiking · County
0/100
0.33 mi 152 ft gain dirt
Great Falls Overlook Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.29 mi 24 ft gain mixed
Lock 19 Spur
Hiking · County
0/100
0.29 mi 124 ft gain dirt
Paw Paw Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.28 mi 0 ft gain
Exit Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.19 mi 18 ft gain dirt
Blue-Return Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.18 mi 6 ft gain mixed
VFW Spur
Hiking · County
0/100
0.09 mi 13 ft gain dirt
Overlook Spur
Hiking · County
0/100
0.07 mi 0 ft gain dirt
Kayak Portage
Hiking · County
0/100
0.03 mi 14 ft gain
Ford Mine Trail (2.1 mi)
Hiking · County
0/100
1.04 mi 152 ft gain dirt
Seneca Creek Greenway Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.68 mi 5 ft gain dirt
Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.23 mi 24 ft gain mixed
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Hiking · County
0/100
0.15 mi 27 ft gain boardwalk
Round Tower Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.12 mi 1 ft gain
Billy Goat Trail Section A
Hiking · County
0/100
1.78 mi 194 ft gain easy dirt
Gold Mine Loop
Hiking · County
0/100
1.64 mi 163 ft gain dirt
Berma Road
Hiking · County
0/100
1.46 mi 17 ft gain mixed
Valley Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.65 mi 2 ft gain dirt
Rockwood Spur
Hiking · County
0/100
0.48 mi 125 ft gain dirt
Union Arch Trail
Hiking · County
0/100
0.31 mi 88 ft gain mixed
Trail To Lock 8
Hiking · County
0/100
0.09 mi 63 ft gain mixed
Billy Goat Trail, Section C
Hiking · County
0/100
0.07 mi 2 ft gain dirt
Brookmont footbridge
Hiking · County
0/100
0.03 mi 0 ft gain paved
Billy Goat Trail Section C
Hiking · County
0/100
1.59 mi 167 ft gain dirt
Billy Goat Trail Section B
Hiking · County
0/100
1.44 mi 84 ft gain moderate dirt
Western Maryland Railway
Hiking · County
0/100
4.41 mi 111 ft gain
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath
Hiking · County
0/100
6.37 mi 74 ft gain dirt
About this park
Agency
National Park Service.
Official site
Coordinates
39.0003, -77.2481
Trails covered
44 curated routes at this park.