Other Important Resources and Values NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Canal Place State Heritage Area No 68 ek rth Canal Terminus Cre Bran Feeder Dam 8 ills 0 1 5 10 Kilometers Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park contains ch Po W t 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 other resources and values that may not be fundamental to 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 the purpose and significance of the park, but are important to Lockhouse 75 Irons Mountain Patterson Wheelchair-accessible Boat launch Creek Lock 72 68 Spring Gap Spring Gap Restrooms Drive-in camping area consider in management and planning decisions. These are Picnic area Hiker-biker campsite 51 Emergency telephone Foundation Document Overview W A R R I O R M O U N referred to as other important resources and values.program 28 170 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 P O L I S H offer visitors the opportunity to experience different eras of the P k oto ee mac Ri Cr ve r Potomac Forks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park GREEN RIDGE Lock 68 ile STATE FOREST enm canal’s existence. Fifte G R E E N R I D G E 62 PENNSYLVANIA 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 ldtown m O O District of Columbia, Maryland, and West Virginia 51 o h r T l Lock e Locks a 68 62–66 Lock 61 59 n s om alc 68 M 160 d Devils Alley R • - Fueled by the trade and commerce made Sorrel R Canal Towns 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 140 in possible by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, towns sprang 9 el Lock 57 Sid Stickpile L H I L 29 Hill Sideling Hill Creek Aqueduct E L I N G Paw Paw Tunnel Fifteenmile Pennsylvania S I D 29 (3,118 ft long) Lock 56 Creek Maryland up throughout the region as the nation expanded westward. W 70 oo dm Locks 54–55 on 522 9 t Great Cacapon Cacapon 77 er Junction Riv Cacapon Lock Canal towns such as Hancock, Williamsport, Cumberland, 53 N M O U N T A I N 130 White Rock 127 A P O A C Leopards Mill C HANCOCK Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown, Harpers Ferry, Point of Rocks, 522 Berkeley Springs Little Tonoloway Hancock Visitor Center open seasonally 3 Tonoloway Creek Aqueduct Locks 51–52 r TN e M WEST YS and Brunswick continue to play an important role for the v KE i Little Pool DIC R 120 RORA MTN TUSCA VIRGINIA 9 c canal, its history, and its future. a m 70 o t o P Licking Creek T A I N Aqueduct U N 522 9 M O V E • Solitude - Comprising about 20,000 acres of land, the C O W VA MD B Big Pool ack Cre ek FORT FREDERICK STATE PARK Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park winds 56 McCoys Ferry N O R T H M North O U N T A I N Hedgesville Mountain Clear Spring 110 Locks through urban and rural communities and provides visitors Four Locks 47–50 Lock 46 Dam 5 40 9 Lock 45 WINCHESTER Dam #5 Rd 70 Creek gue 81 hea with opportunities to appreciate the history and natural 68 Conococ 11 Jordan MARTINSBURG 11 Junction Cumberland Valley Conococheague surroundings of the canal. 45 100 Creek 63 Power Aqueduct Midpoint of C&O Canal Lock Plant 43 Dam Williamsport Visitor Center Opequon Junction Lock 44 Cushwa Basin Virginia 90 Lock 41 WILLIAMSPORT Lock 42 Avis Mill Rd 81 West Virginia 9 Guard Lock 4 7 Dellinger Rd Big Slackwater 11 ur to d 632 De #4 R am 28 • Opportunity for Scholarship and Scientific Research - Dam 4 D 63 68 Snyders Landing Big Woods HAGERSTOWN Killiansburg Cave Taylors Landing BERRYVILLE Ferry Hill Lock 80 The park continues to increase its exposure in several high 40 SHEPHERDSTOWN 65 Park Lock 38 Horseshoe 32 Creek Headquarters Bend Lock 39 340 CHARLES TOWN Pack Horse Ford SHARPSBURG tam ntie profile research disciplines. Archeological, paleontological, 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 and geologic discoveries (i.e., cave and karst formations), Lock 37 r 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 NATIONAL HISTORICAL Rohrersville for example, have greatly enhanced the knowledge base of Lock 33 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 these resources and the park continues to expand its natural 671 Lock 31 17 7 VA MD Brunswick Visitor Center resources collections. 9 17 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 • Hydrologic Resources including Riparian Areas - Water HAMILTON Bald Eagle Island Lander Heights Lock 29 Lock 28 Lockhouse 29 Point of Rocks 15 I N 15 O C T is one of the park’s most distinguishing features. There are VIRGINIA C A T 340 R Calico Rocks i v 28 15 e FREDERICK r 15 New Design Rd 261 perennial streams documented within park boundaries, 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 3 water bodies (Little Pool, Big Pool, and Widewater), an 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 estimated 54 miles of watered canal, 27 documented springs 70 267 Lock 25 Edwards Ferry 30 Beallsville 7 109 Chisel Branch 109 MD Rd VA POOLESVILLE 22 d ar and seeps, and numerous other wetlands that exhibit ll i W st 107 28 We WASHINGTON ek McKEE-BESHERS WILDLIFE re DULLES MANAGEMENT AREA C 270 INTERNATIONAL R a Horsepen i c exceptional biodiversity. 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 MARYLAND r p 20 Pennyfield Lock o r t Lock 22 RESTON A 193 c Georgetown to Swains Lock c See detail map on front190 e 28 s s R 7 o GAITHERSBURG a d Washington Aqueduct 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 BETHESDA r McLEAN C Cabin John ck 495 FALLS Creek 35 o R CHURCH 34 236 355 ARLINGTON 97 495 ANNANDALE MD DC 31 66 WHEATON 7 VA 50 ROCK CREEK DC 30 Contact Information PARK SILVER ELLICOTT 16th St SPRING COLUMBIA CITY 395 Tidewater Lock 0 Milepost Georgetown Visitor Center 29 Canal boat rides 95 For more information about the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Foundation Document, WASHINGTON 27 95 ALEXANDRIA DC 395 COLLEGE 95 Rhode Island Ave 395 PARK 25 CATONSVILLE 50 1 contact: [email protected] or 301-739-4200 or write to: 1 295 C&O Canal NHP Headquarters, 1850 Dual Highway, Suite 100, Hagerstown, MD 21740-6620 Purpose Significance Significance statements express why Chesapeake and Ohio • Interpretive and educational opportunities engage a • Museum / Archival Collections - An extensive collection Canal National Historical Park resources and values are diverse cross section of urban and rural communities along of oral histories, lockhouse log books, and shipping records important enough to merit national park unit designation. the length of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National from the canal operators and families who lived and Statements of significance describe why an area is important Historical Park and were envisioned in the park’s enabling worked along the canal serves as a valuable resource for the within a global, national, regional, and systemwide context. legislation. Living history events, school programming, canal interpretation and preservation of the canal. These statements are linked to the purpose of the park operations demonstrations, and a nationally renowned • Scenic Views Including Great Falls and the Potomac unit, and are supported by data, research, and consensus. Canal Quarters program offer visitors the opportunity to Gorge - Located 15 miles from Washington, D.C., scenic views Significance statements describe the distinctive nature of the experience different eras of the canal’s existence.