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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Civil War Rail Trail near Brunswick, MD. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi230 – 266 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31129, -77.62749
Nearest town Brunswick, MD

Directions

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 229–265 ft

Out & Back · Civil War Rail Trail

Trailhead: 39.31129, -77.62749

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Transit-accessible: Brunswick stop 88 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 3.2 miTurn right onto Appalachian National Scenic Trail, heading N.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading W.
  8. 3.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 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

98% dirt2% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:13 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Brunswick stop 88 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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