Points of Interest
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- East of Mile 000: Lock Keeper's House at eastern end of Washington Branch of C&O Canal.38°52′13.6482″N 77°0′55.6878″W / 38.870457833°N 77.015468833°W / 38.870457833; -77.015468833 (Lock Keeper's House on B Street, Washington, D.C.)
- Mile 000: Tidewater Lock
- Mile 000: Rock Creek Park38°57′10″N 77°2′30″W / 38.95278°N 77.04167°W / 38.95278; -77.04167 (Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.)
- Mile 000: C&O Canal Monument
- Mile 000: Lock 138°54′13.5504″N 77°3′25.9272″W / 38.903764°N 77.057202°W / 38.903764; -77.057202 (Lock No. 1)
- Mile 000: Georgetown, Washington, D.C. 38°53′59″N 77°3′27.5″W / 38.89972°N 77.057639°W / 38.89972; -77.057639 (C&O Canal - Mile 0)Coordinates: 38°53′59″N 77°3′27.5″W / 38.89972°N 77.057639°W / 38.89972; -77.057639 (C&O Canal - Mile 0) and Georgetown Visitor Center
38°54′14.5″N 77°3′31″W / 38.904028°N 77.05861°W / 38.904028; -77.05861 (C&O Canal - Georgetown Visitor Center, Lock 1)
- Mile 000: Potomac Heritage Trail - on Virginia side of river. (Bikes can use it below Francis Scott Key Bridge.)
- Mile 001: Abutment and former canal bed of Potomac Aqueduct Bridge
- Mile 001: Capital Crescent Trail
- Mile 002: Inclined Plane
- Mile 005.4: Lock 6 where C&O groundbreaking took place on July 4, 1828
- Mile 007: Glen Echo Park (Maryland) and Lock 7 38°57′52″N 77°8′20″W / 38.96444°N 77.13889°W / 38.96444; -77.13889 (C&O Canal - Glen Echo Park, Lock 7)
- Mile 008.4: Lock 8, the first of the "Seven Locks" and the Potomac Conservancy's River Center
- Mile 014: Billy Goat Trail at Great Falls, Great Falls Tavern 39°0′1″N 77°14′54″W / 39.00028°N 77.24833°W / 39.00028; -77.24833 (C&O Canal - Great Falls Tavern, Lock 19)
- Mile 016: Swain's Lock at Lock 21, Potomac, Md
- Mile 020: Pennyfield Lock 39°3′13.6″N 77°17′20″W / 39.053778°N 77.28889°W / 39.053778; -77.28889 (C&O Canal - Pennyfield Lock (22))
- Mile 022: Violette’s Lock (Lock 23) The canal has water in it from here south. 39°4′1″N 77°19′43″W / 39.06694°N 77.32861°W / 39.06694; -77.32861 (C&O Canal - Violette's Lock (23))
- Mile 022.7: Seneca Aqueduct/Riley's Lock 39°4′7.5″N 77°20′27″W / 39.06875°N 77.34083°W / 39.06875; -77.34083 (C&O Canal - Riley's Lock (24) and Seneca Creek Aqueduct)
- Mile 023: Seneca Quarry
- Mile 026: Dierssen Wildlife Management Area & McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area
- Mile 035: Poolesville, Maryland
- Mile 035: White's Ferry 39°9′17″N 77°31′2″W / 39.15472°N 77.51722°W / 39.15472; -77.51722 (C&O Canal - White's Ferry)
- Mile 042: Monocacy Aqueduct 39°13′25″N 77°27′7″W / 39.22361°N 77.45194°W / 39.22361; -77.45194 (C&O Canal - Monocacy River Aqueduct)
- Mile 048: Point of Rocks, Maryland 39°16′25″N 77°32′30″W / 39.27361°N 77.54167°W / 39.27361; -77.54167 (C&O Canal - Point of Rocks, Maryland)
- Mile 055: Brunswick, Maryland 39°18′41″N 77°37′50″W / 39.31139°N 77.63056°W / 39.31139; -77.63056 (C&O Canal - Brunswick, Maryland, Lock 30)
- Mile 058: Appalachian Trail
- Mile 060: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 39°19′31″N 77°44′36″W / 39.32528°N 77.74333°W / 39.32528; -77.74333 (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
- Mile 069.4: Antietam Creek Aqueduct
- Mile 073: Ferry Hill, Maryland
- Mile 073: Shepherdstown, West Virginia39°25′55″N 77°48′22″W / 39.43194°N 77.80611°W / 39.43194; -77.80611 (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
- Mile 073: Sharpsburg, Maryland 39°27′28″N 77°44′58″W / 39.45778°N 77.74944°W / 39.45778; -77.74944 (Sharpsburg, Maryland)
- Mile 099: Williamsport, Maryland39°35′55″N 77°49′6″W / 39.59861°N 77.81833°W / 39.59861; -77.81833 (Williamsport, Maryland)
- Mile 107: Dam No. 539°36′22″N 77°55′23″W / 39.60611°N 77.92306°W / 39.60611; -77.92306 (Power Plant and Dam No. 5 (Potomac River))
- Mile 110: Four Locks - Once a thriving community of homes and businesses supporting the canal.
- Mile 110.4: McCoy's Ferry - Campground and historic American Civil War crossing
- Mile 112: Fort Frederick State Park; Western Maryland Rail Trail begins
- Mile 124: Hancock, Maryland
- Mile 124: Rt. 522 Bridge to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Western Maryland Rail Trail diverges
- Mile 140: Little Orleans, Maryland
- Mile 151: Paw Paw Tunnel
- Mile 151: Paw Paw, West Virginia
- Mile 165: Oldtown, Maryland
- Mile 184: Cumberland, Maryland
- Mile 184: Canal Place
- Mile 184: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
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