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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park Strategic Plan 2019 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park Strategic Plan 2019–2023 Canal Place State Heritage Area N 68 k ort Canal Terminus ree h B s C 0 1 5 10 Kilometers ranch Feeder Dam 8 Will Pot Guard Lock 8 A I N omac R M O U N T iver CUMBERLAND W I L L S 0 1 5 10 Miles ALT Cumberland Visitor Center 220 28 43C North 28 Evitts Creek Aqueduct Canal and Other trail North Branch 180 towpath trail Evitts Creek Canal mileage Rapids and E V I T 20 Locks 73–75 T S M O U N T A I N marker hazardous area Lockhouse 75 Irons Mountain Patterson Wheelchair-accessible Boat launch Creek Lock 72 68 Spring Gap Spring Gap Restrooms Drive-in camping area Picnic area Hiker-biker campsite 51 Emergency telephone W A R R I O R M O 28 170 U N T A I N Pigmans Ferry Creek Oldtown-Battie Mixon Lock 71 n South w Bra Oldtown o M O U N T A I N nch Locks 69–70 T O L I S H P P oto eek mac Ri Cr ve r Potomac Forks GREEN RIDGE Lock 68 ile STATE FOREST enm Fifte G R E E N R I D G E 62 P E NNSYL V ANIA Town Creek G n Ridge M Road ree e Aqueduct r t Lock 67 e n s s T O W N H I L L a Oldtown 51 om O h r T l Lock e Locks a 68 62–66 Lock 61 59 n s om alc 68 160 M d De vils Alley Sorrel R R s reek Purslane Run d n C Ridge ea Lock Orl ll Tunnel Hill Trail 58 Little Orleans i H Paw Paw 150 Lock 60 Indigo Neck g in 9 140 el Lock 57 Sid Stickpile L H I L 29 Hill Sideling Hill Creek Aqueduct E L I N G Paw Paw Tunnel Fifteenmile Pennsy S I D 29 (3,118 ft long) Lock 56 Creek Mary W 70 o l o v dm l o an a Locks 54–55 n n 522 9 t d i Great Cacapon Cacapon 77 a r Junction Rive C on Lock acap 53 N M O U N T A I N 130 White Rock 127 A P O A C Leopards Mill C HANCOCK 522 Berkeley Springs Little Tonoloway Hancock Visitor Center open seasonally 3 Tonoloway Creek Aqueduct Locks 51–52 r TN e M W EST YS v KE i Little Pool DIC R 120 RORA MTN TUSCA V I RGINI A 9 c a m 70 o t o P Licking Creek T A I N Aqueduct U N 522 9 M O V E C O A V D W M B Big Pool ack Cre ek FORT FREDERICK STATE PARK 56 McCoys Ferry N O R T H M North O U N T A I N Hedgesville Mountain Clear Spring 110 Locks Four Locks 47–50 Lock 46 Dam 5 40 9 Lock 45 WINCHESTER Dam #5 Rd 70 Creek gue 81 hea 68 Conococ 11 Jordan MARTINSBURG 11 Junction a Conococheague i Cumberland Valley 100 Creek 63 a 45 in Power Aqueduct Lock Plant rg Midpoint of C&O Canal i 43 Dam Williamsport Visitor Center gini r V Lock 44 i Opequon Junction Cushwa Basin V 90 Lock 41 st WILLIAMSPORT e Lock 42 Avis Mill Rd 81 W 9 Guard Lock 4 7 Dellinger Rd Big Slackwater 11 ur to d 632 De #4 R am 28 Dam 4 D 63 68 Snyders Landing Big Woods HAGERSTOWN Killiansburg Cave Taylors Landing BERRYVILLE Ferry Hill Lock 80 40 SHEPHERDSTOWN 65 Park Lock 38 Horseshoe 32 Creek Headquarters Bend Lock 39 340 CHARLES TOWN Pack Horse Ford SHARPSBURG tam ntie rs A 70 pe Antietam Creek ar d 70 H R ALT (walk-in camp) ry 9 er 40 340 F ANTIETAM 34 40 Dargan Bend Antietam NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD r Lock 37 Antietam Rive Huckleberry Hill B She ack Creek nandoah R BOONSBORO Locks 35–36 Fort d Aqueduct Trail Dam 3 Dargan Duncan N ian N T A I Lock 34 HARPERS FERRY Appalach M O U HARPERS FERRY Rohrersville Lock 33 NATIONAL HISTORICAL lachian Trail PARK Appa Footbridge Lock 32 (hazardous river I D G E conditions) R 60 B L U E 67 O U T H Weverton S 671 Lock 31 17 D 7 A V M 9 17 Brunswick Visitor Center Lovettsville 79 P Lock 30 287 o BRUNSWICK MIDDLETOWN t PURCELLVILLE o 464 340 m a I N c Catoctin Creek TA U N Aqueduct M O 50 Lander Rd Braddock 15 HAMILTON Bald Eagle Island Lander Heights Lock 29 Lock 28 Lockhouse 29 Point of Rocks 15 I N 15 O C T V IRG I N I A C A T 340 R Calico Rocks i v 28 15 e FREDERICK r 15 New Design Rd LEESBURG 85 Nolands Ferry Whites Ferry er cacy v ay (toll auto ferry) Mono i enw Spinks R re Indian Flats G Ferry 40 s Turtle Run Monocacy Aqueduct MONOCACY e Marble l l Quarry NATIONAL u Lock Woods D 27 BATTLEFIELD 107 Lock SUGAR LOAF 40 G (Lock 26) oose Creek MOUNTAIN Broad Run Trunk Dickerson (aqueduct) 28 267 Lock 25 Edwards Ferry 70 30 Beallsville 7 109 Chisel Branch 109 M Rd V POOLESVILLE 22 A D rd la il W st 107 28 We WASHINGTON ek McKEE-BESHERS WILDLIFE re DULLES MANAGEMENT AREA C 270 INTERNATIONAL R a Horsepen i c v e AIRPORT Branch e n r Se R d 28 STERLING PARK Seneca Creek Seneca Quarry Aqueduct Seneca MOUNT AIRY 118 Rileys Lock (Lock 24) 267 HERNDON Dam 2 Violettes Lock (Lock 23) D u 112 Darnestown l le s A i MAR Y L AND r p 20 Pennyfield Lock o r t Lock 22 RESTON A 193 c Ge c Se orgetow 190 e 28 e s detai s l n ma to R 7 p on Swa o f GAITHERSBURG a ron ins d Washington t Lo c Aqueduct k a GREAT n Dam Swains d FALLS Lock T PARK o l l Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center R Canal boat rides o a d Angler’s 189 Marsden POTOMAC 97 VIENNA Tract 190 ROCKVILLE 66 Carderock 270 Olney 10 45 Seven Locks 46 44 47 43 41 38 39 70 FAIRFAX 40 k 49 e e On the front cover: BETHESDA r McLEAN C Cabin John ck 495 FALLS Creek 35 o R Mules pulling replica canal CHURCH 34 236 355 ARLINGTON 97 ANNANDALE 495 boat. Photo by Roy Sewall. MD DC 31 66 A WHEATON 7 V 50 C ROCK CREEK D PARK SILVER 30 ELLICOTT St 16th SPRING COLUMBIA CITY 395 Tidewater Lock Inside cover: 0 Milepost Georgetown Visitor Center 29 Canal boat rides 95 WASHINGTON 27 Map of C&O Canal NHP. 95 ALEXANDRIA DC 395 COLLEGE 95 R 395 hod PARK 25 CATONSVILLE e I 1 50 slan d A ve 1 ii | Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical295 Park EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This strategic plan sets the course for Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park by reaffirming the park’s purpose as derived from its enabling legislation and articulating the park’s vision, goals, strategies, and actions for the next five years. The plan will guide annual work planning as well as prioritization of major projects and programs for the park. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park staff, staff in the National Capital Regional Office and the Denver Service Center, partners, and volunteers collaborated on this plan (appendix A). Park Purpose To preserve and interpret the 19th-century transportation canal from Washington, DC, to Cumberland, Maryland, and its associated scenic, natural, and cultural resources, and to provide opportunities for education and appropriate outdoor recreation. Vision Statement We are leaders in the stewardship of the park’s historic corridor, and we provide inspirational experiences that connect the past to the present and the future. Goals Goal 1: Maintain and Protect Wisely: Ensure towpath continuity, and protect and preserve cultural and natural resources. Goal 2: Engage and Inspire Creatively: Provide opportunities for visitors to safely experience and enjoy the park’s cultural, natural, and recreational resources. Goal 3: Collaborate Purposefully: Engage stakeholders who are focused on the implementation of shared priorities that align with the park’s vision, goals, and capacity. Goal 4: Manage and Lead Smartly: Implement sound business practices, and establish a positive leadership culture that engages and values employees. Goal 5: Operate Safely and Efficiently: Provide high-quality visitor and administrative services. Great Falls Tavern in winter. Photo by Larry Goodman. Strategic Plan 2019–2023 | iii CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. .iii . Park Purpose. iii. Vision Statement. .iii . Goals . iii INTRODUCTION. 1. Superintendent’s Introduction . .1 . Introduction to the Park . 2. THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS . 4. PURPOSE AND VISION STATEMENTS . 4. PARKWIDE GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND ACTIONS . .7 . Goal 1 . 7 Goal 2. 8. Goal 3. .9 . Goal 4. .10 . Goal 5. .10 . IMPLEMENTATION . 11 APPENDIX A: PLAN CONTRIBUTORS AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS . .12 . APPENDIX B: STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES QUESTIONNAIRE . .14 Canal towpath in Georgetown. Photo by Tom Bilcze. iv | Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park INTRODUCTION Superintendent’s Introduction Welcome to the 2019–2023 Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (park) strategic plan. This plan will guide and focus our efforts and those of our partners over the next five years.
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