1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
3. 50 ftTurn right onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading E.
4. 0.8 miPass Lock Island.
5. 50 ftPass Lock 21: Swains Lock.
6. 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
7. 1.4 miTurn right onto River Trail, heading NW.
8. 1 miBear right onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading S.
9. 50 ftPass Lock 20.
10. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
11. 50 ftReach Lock Island, then turn around and head back the way you came.
12. 200 ftBear left onto River Trail, heading NW.
13. 1 miTurn left onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading NE.
14. 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
15. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lock-island-chesapeake-and-ohio-canal-out-back-10-lakes-10-km-fc3b