Volunteering to help the park: A work crew installs a bench near Great Falls in 2016.
Supporting park projects: Catoctin Aqueduct after collapse in 1973
Supporting park projects: Catoctin Aqueduct after restoration effort in 2011
Exploring history and nature: Sideling Hill Creek Aqueduct as viewed from the Western Maryland Rail Trail.
Protecting the canal since 1954: The association opposes Georgetown University’s plan to build a large boathouse in the park
Protecting the canal since 1954: The association opposes Georgetown University’s plan to build a large boathouse in the park
Exploring history and nature: Hikers gather at Fifteen Mile Creek Aqueduct in 2018.
Protecting the canal since 1954: Justice Douglas and eight others pause during their famous hike, which publicized the canal in 1954
Exploring history and nature: Ranger provides interpretation for hikers at Seneca Stone Cutting Mill in 2020.
Exploring history and nature: Hikers marvel at a large specimen during a tree identification walk in 2012
Volunteering to help the park: Association volunteer attaches plaque to newly installed bench in 2018.
Exploring history and nature: Association members participate in the last day of the 2009 Thru Hike at Great Falls
Volunteering to help the park: Association member helps install an identification sign at Landers in 2011
Exploring history and nature: Hikers gather at Dam 5 in 2019.
Protecting the canal since 1954: Justice Douglas and others rally against replacing the canal with a highway.
Volunteering to help the park: Association members repaint picnic tables at Swains Lock
Volunteering to help the park: Association volunteers assemble picnic table in 2018.
Inside the Beltway: This historic lockhouse costs around $100 a night, but there's a catch
Inside the Beltway: This historic lockhouse costs around $100 a night, but there's a catch
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You'd be hard-pressed to find a historic place to stay inside the Capital Beltway for around $100 a night.BYOB... Bring your own blankets... 😉
The Byron footbridge between the C&O Canal towpath and Harpers Ferry has been closed since July 27, and the Park Service now expects it to stay closed this fall.
The closure began with the replacement of the old metal stairway from the bridge down to the towpath at mile 60.6. Repairs to the bridge deck and its supports were added after that. No reopening date has been set.
The American Discovery Trail and the Great American Rail-Trail both stay on the towpath here. The bridge is the way into town for food, lodging, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy's headquarters, and Maryland Heights. Ways across for now:
Free NPS shuttle between C&O Canal Lock 34 and the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Visitor Center, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily, except in bad weather. Seats are very limited. No pets, no bike rack; one or two bikes may fit at the driver's call. A round trip takes about an hour.
River & Trail Outfitters, 301-834-9950
Shepherdstown Pedal & Paddle, 304-876-3000
Photo: NPS | Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park - Professional Services Division
I would like to see a 8 1/2 by 11 print out (or something) on this information that can be posted in Canal Town businesses. Talking to cyclists and hikers in the Canal Town of Brunswick have made it clear that this information is not getting out to long term users of the canal.
Heritage hike registrations are due in one week, or by October 16. Click below for more details.
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