Features Of The Chesapeake And Ohio Canal
The Last Towpath
With 11 aqueducts, 74 lift locks, and a brick-lined tunnel measuring 3,118 feet long, the 184.5 mile long Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and it's structures offer visitors a journey into the past, and preserve the legacy of the great canal era. Well over 4000 miles of canals were built during the 19th century in the United States and the C&O is the only towpath canal that remains intact today.
Today the National Parks Service with the help of conservation groups and other volunteers maintains the C&O Canal towpath. There are 23 Hiker/Biker campsites along the towpath starting at Mile 16.6. Each site has portable restrooms, campfire rings and picnic tables. Water is available from ground wells during the warm months. Drive-in sites along the upper portion of the towpath are great for family camps. Now designated as a Trash Free Park, all visitors are required to carry out any trash they take into the park. It doesn't hurt to bring out any trash you might find during your visit also. I know I would greatly appreciate it.
Select a section of towpath to see the features for that area
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[71 - 80] [81 - 90] [91 - 100] [101 - 110] [111 - 120] [121 - 130]
[131 - 140] [141 - 150] [151 - 160] [161 - 170] [171 - 180] [181 - 184.5]
NOTE: Clicking on mile marker headings within the feature pages will take you to a map of that section of towpath on my map page. Features and maps are constantly being updated with new information as it becomes available to me. Each feature and map page has a link you can use to tell me of any features that are not listed.