Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Cushwa Basin via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back near Williamsport, MD. The route passes Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Cushwa Basin and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi341 – 377 ft12.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bollman Bridge 39.59915, -77.82655
Nearest town Williamsport, MD
Directions
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal & Cushwa Basin via Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 8 min
Elevation 340–378 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bollman Bridge · 39.59915, -77.82655
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bollman Bridge, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
- 50 ftPass Cushwa Basin.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
- 5.8 miReach Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 6.2 miTurn right onto Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Bollman Bridge, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:59 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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