pennsylvania 491 Emmitsburg MT ST MARY’S UNIVERSITY GROTTO OF LOURDES SCENIC OVERLOOK RODDY ROAD COVERED BRIDGE 15 H a n o v e r R d 63 MASON & DIXON DISCOVERY CENTER OLD MAIN STREETS SCENIC BYWAY o w n Pi k e 194 140 Ha O l d MASON & DIXON SCENIC BYWAY UNION MILLS 496 Taneytown Ta n e 832 76 y to Manchester wn 97 Pi k e 140 297 Rock y Ridge Rd Detour 84 Catoctin LOY’S STATION COVERED BRIDGE 550 CATOCTIN FURNACE UTICA COVERED BRIDGE r ve R i no ca cy Cr ea ge rs to w n Rd Johnsville Woodsboro De e r C&O CANAL TOWPATH Mo 194 Pa Libertytown Walkersville KILLIANSBURG CAVE FORT DETRICK 26 OLD MAIN STREETS SCENIC BYWAY 31 Unionville 26 H o u s e Pi k e O l d Shepherdstown, WV 40 A n n a p o 27 HISTORIC NATIONAL ROAD SCENIC BYWAY G i l l i s F a l l s R Mt Airy Harpers Ferry, WV 464 a i n H w y F r e d 94 i n M o u n t e r i c k R d b u HISTORICAL PARK ills Rd r r k s 144 Point of Rocks NOLANDS FERRY LITTLE BENNETT REGIONAL PARK R o xb ur yM C l a Clarksburg Dickerson Goshen Little Seneca 355 108 124 Dayton Sunshine Laytonsville C ks la r vill e Pi ke Colu a spectacular series of waterfalls and rapids that made the Potomac River unnavigable by ships, prompting the need for a canal. At the Potomac-based C&O Canal Great Falls Tavern visitor center, arrange for an hour-long mule-drawn WHITE’S FERRY barge ride through one of the lift locks. Before entering Washington D.C., veer slightly o the canal route into the Downtown Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, where you can enjoy museums, gardens, galleries, performing arts and upscale shopping. Another canal visitor center is based in Georgetown, not far from the canal’s fi rst lock at the mouth of Rock Creek. ■ Clarksville Brookeville 108 29 198 Gaithersburg 97 Scaggsvi Darnestown No r be L ay h i l l R d ck R d 29 oma CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL SCENIC BYWAY c R iv 185 Wheaton er GREAT FALLS TAVERN VISITOR CENTER SIDE TRIP Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg has a 19th-century, one-room schoolhouse and a partially restored mill. www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/central/seneca.aspx brunswick railroad museum Brunswick • 301-834-7100 • www.brunswickmuseum.org & c & o canal williamsport visitor center Williamsport • 301-582-0813 www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/ williamsportvisitorcenter.htm c o canal great falls tavern & Potomac • 301-767-3714 • www.nps.gov/choh/ planyourvisit/greatfallstavernvisitorcenter.htm canal quarters/c & o canal trust c o canal museum and visitors center Lockhouse 6, 22, 28 & 49 • 301-714-2233 www.canalquarters.org Cumberland • 301-722-8226 • www.nps.gov/choh/ planyourvisit/cumberlandvisitorcenter.htm (also the site of The Cumberland Full Scale C&O Canal Boat Replica) Flintstone • 301-478-3124 • www.dnr.maryland. gov/forests/pages/publiclands/western_ greenridgeforest.aspx cumberland c & o canal national historic park visitor center green ridge state forest Hancock • 301-678-5463 • www.nps.gov/choh/ planyourvisit/hancockvisitorcenter.htm For information about amenities found along this byway, please refer to the chart on page 62. 1-877-333-4455 | www.visitmaryland.org | 15 Co lum
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