Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Calithea Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 233 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Calithea Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Blockhouse Point Conservation Park near Rushville, MD. The route reaches Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 233 ft of elevation gain. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Calithea Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 233 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 203–374 ft
Out & Back · Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Trailhead: 39.07175, -77.32795
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:11 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Calithea Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Blockhouse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Calithea Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Calithea Trail–Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, 3 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 549 ft
- Blockhouse Trail & Calithea Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- Calithea Trail & Upland Woods Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal–Calithea Trail, 6 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 605 ft
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