AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Falling Waters Road via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

10.8 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Falling Waters Road via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back near Williamsport, MD. The route reaches Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It is mostly level, with 148 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi341 – 512 ft10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.59468, -77.82489
Nearest town Williamsport, MD
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Falling Waters Road via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

10.8 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Elevation 340–510 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.59468, -77.82489

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading S.
  4. 4.9 miTurn left onto Falling Waters Road, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miReach Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading N.
  7. 4.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/chesapeake-and-ohio-canal-chesapeake-and-ohio-canal-out-back-4-lakes

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Williamsport, Maryland