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Bookmark or Share- The C&O Canal Bicycling Guide - Welcome! - Bike WashingtonThe 184.5 mile long Chesapeake & Ohio Canal is located along the north bank of the Potomac River, starting in Washington, DC and ending in Cumberland, MD. The canal was built between 1828 and 1850, and it operated sporadically between floods until 1924.
- C&O Canal Towpath – C&O Canal TrustThe towpath is the dirt and stone path that runs 184.5 miles along the C&O Canal, where visitors can walk, run, or bike the distance between Georgetown and Cumberland, MD. It was originally built for the canal mules to walk beside the canal as they “towed” the canal boats through the waterway.
- C&O Canal Maps - U.S. National Park ServiceThe C&O Canal NHP stretches 184.5 miles along the banks of the Potomac River from Georgetown in Washington, DC to Cumberland in western Maryland. Along the way, the park passes through four counties in Maryland: Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, and Allegany.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical ParkChesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) 184.5 Miles of Adventure. Preserving America's early transportation history, the C&O Canal began as a dream of passage to Western wealth.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - WikipediaThe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the Grand Old Ditch, operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, Maryland.
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