C&O Canal Index

C&O Canal National Historic Park

C&O Canal National Historic Park

I had done a few hikes, and one bike, along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Tow Path prior to 2019, but that is the year I set out to day-hike the towpath’s 184.5 miles from Georgetown, in Washington D.C., to Cumberland, in western Maryland. Since I live 2,000 miles away in Arizona, I broke the entire C&O Canal Tow Path down into day-hike sized chunks of 8-12 miles, of which I will do one or two, twice a year over Easter and Halloween, through Halloween, 2023.

StartEndSegment / BlogDateGPSVideo
0.010.5Georgetown to Carderock2019-04-20.gpxVimeo
10.514.4Carderock to Great Falls2019-10-27.gpxVimeo
14.430.9Great Falls to Edward's Ferry2019-10-30.gpxVimeo
30.944.6Edward's Ferry to Noland's Ferry2020-10-30.gpxVimeo
44.658.0Noland's Ferry to Weverton Cliffs2021-04-05.gpxVimeo
58.061.0Weverton Cliffs to Harper's Ferry2016-03-25.gpxVimeo
61.069.0Maryland Heights to Antietam Aqueduct2017-10-31.gpxVimeo
69.077.0Antietam Aqueduct to Snyder's Landing2018-11-01.gpxVimeo
77.088.1Snyder's Landing to McMahon's Mill2021-04-02.gpxVimeo
88.199.4McMahon's Mill to Williamsport2023-08-21.gpxVimeo
99.4108.7Williamsport to Four Locks2021-10-31.gpxVimeo
108.7112.2Four Locks to Fort Frederick2022-04-15.gpxVimeo
112.2124.5Fort Frederick to Hancock2022-07-15.gpxVimeo
124.5130.7Hancock to Cohill Station2022-07-18.gpxVimeo
130.7140.9Cohill Station to Little Orleans2022-10-31.gpxVimeo
140.9150.0Little Orleans to Bond's Landing2022-11-02.gpxVimeo
150.0156.0Bond's Landing to Paw Paw Tunnel2023-04-07.gpxVimeo
154.7155.7Paw Paw Tunnel2024-11-01.gpxVimeo
156.0166.7Paw Paw Tunnel to Oldtown2023-04-10.gpxVimeo
166.7175.7Oldtown to North Branch2023-08-18.gpxVimeo
175.7184.5North Branch to Cumberland2023-10-30.gpxVimeo