Exploring the Potomac Heritage Trail Network: History

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A 1920's Night on the Canal C&O Canal Towpath
A Gourmet Picnic in the Lockhouse C&O Canal Towpath
A Secluded and Scenic Excursion on the Potomac Northern Virginia
Abner Cloud’s Georgetown Washington DC
Alexandria’s Canal Trail: Bogs, Bluffs & Bays Northern Virginia
Bicycling Arlington Memorial Bridge to Reedville, Virginia Virginia's Northern Neck
Birding By Day, A Night In Pennyfield Lockhouse C&O Canal Towpath
Big Savage Tunnel on the GAP Great Allegheny Passage
Camp Harding—Fort Frederick Tour C&O Canal Towpath, Two Rivers
Civil War Defenses of Washington Washington D.C.
Come and Visit Brunswick C&O Canal Towpath, Two Rivers
Experience Art and Nature in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands Great Allegheny Passage, Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
Explore Port Tobacco on the River Southern Maryland
Fort Washington and Oxon Hill Southern Maryland
From Riverbend to Great Falls Northern Virginia
Heathsville Bicycling Loop Virginia's Northern Neck
Historic Shepherdstown – Just a Bridge Away from the Trail C&O Canal Towpath, Two Rivers
Kinsale/Sandy Point Loop Virginia's Northern Neck
Leedstown Loop Virginia's Northern Neck
Nature and History Abound in Prince William Forest Park Northern Virginia
Pittsburgh City Trails Great Allegheny Passage
See Mount Vernon From Piscataway Park Southern Maryland
Shepherdstown and Sharpsburg: A Tour of Two Towns C&O Canal Towpath, Two Rivers
Shepherdstown—Taylors Landing Loop with Turn-by-Turn Directions C&O Canal Towpath
South Mountain—Sharpsburg Tour C&O Canal Towpath, Two Rivers
Stratford Hall/Currioman Landing Loop Virginia's Northern Neck
Upper St. Mary’s River Trail: Great Mills Launch to St. Mary’s City Southern Maryland
Voices of Freedom: Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois C&O Canal Towpath, Two Rivers, Washington D.C.
Where the Potomac and the Chesapeake Meet: the Beginning of the PHT Southern Maryland
Williamsport, MD C&O Canal Towpath
Woodlawn Plantation: Washington’s Gift Northern Virginia

Last updated: July 22, 2022

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Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
c/o Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
142 W. Potomac St.

Williamsport, MD 21795

Phone:

301-739-4200
This phone will reach the main line for the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

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