The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland, encompasses a canal and towpath trail extending 184.5 miles along the Potomac Riv
Cumberland Basin at C&O Canal in 2013
Work on restoring Lock 16 on the canal in 1939
Before summer flooding (top) and after (bottom) in 1996
U.S. Bicycle Route 50
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U.S. Bicycle Route 50 is a planned east–west cross country U.S. Bicycle Route that currently consists of two discontiguous sections: a western section between San Francisco and Border, Utah, and an ea
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
…the neglected remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and many of its original structures. In 2013, the path was designated as the first section of U.S. Bicycle Route 50. With over four million visitors in 2022, it is the most-visited unit that is designated a national historical park of the National Park Service…
U.S. Bicycle Route 50 along the Camp Chase Trail in Franklin County, Ohio.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath section of U.S. Bicycle Route 50 in Maryland.