You can now create your own itineraries to guide your C&O Canal exploration, or you can copy one of ours! Learn more about Itineraries.
Smoketown Brewery Station is a brewery in a 1948 fire station with a family-friendly environment, pub fare, snacks, and the option to bring in outside food. Smoketown hosts trivia and food trucks. Learn more.
Smoketown Brewery Station is a brewery in a 1948 fire station with a family-friendly environment, pub fare, snacks, and the option to bring in outside food. Smoketown hosts trivia and food trucks. Visit their website for their beer selection including the Potomac IPA, Maryland Rye Maryland IPA, and Lockhouse 28 Imperial Stout. At mile marker 55, take S. Maple St. for .1 miles and turn left on W. Potomac St. Continue for .2 miles, and Smoketown will be on your right.
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There has been a lapse in appropriations, and a shutdown of the federal government is currently in effect. Much of the C&O Canal National Historical Park remains accessible to the public, however, the National Park Service is not able to operate as normal. Scheduled C&O Canal Trust events and Canal Quarters reservations will continue as scheduled.
Learn more about what the shutdown means for the C&O Canal National Historical Park.