Directory of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park Resources

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park is a 184 mile hiking and biking trail that stretches from Washington DC to Cumberland, Maryland. It was originally planned as a canal to link Washington DC to Pittsburg. It runs along the Potomac River and is one of the best preserved and least altered of old American canals.

Resources in This Category

• C & O Canal Virtual Tour

  http://ridethecanal.com/
  Photographic towpath guide for the C and O Canal. Points of interest such as locks, aqueducts, dams, and mills are featured with a picture, background information, and the mile marker where they are found.

• C&O Canal Association

  http://www.candocanal.org/
  Offers information on events, activities, news, history, and membership details.

• C&O Canal Biking Guide

  http://bikewashington.org/canal/
  Planning your bicycle trip of the C and O Canal.

• Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHP

  http://www.nps.gov/choh/
  The Canal follows the route of the Potomac River for 184.5 miles from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, MD. The canal's towpath provides a continuous trail through the Potomac River Valley. National Park Service.

• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

  http://www.fred.net/kathy/canal.html
  History, current news, botanical and biking information, and related links for the 184 mile long Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath.

• The C&O Canal 50K/100K One Day Hike

  http://onedayhike.tripod.com/index.htm
  The annual one day 50K/100K hike on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Georgetown to Harper's Ferry.

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