Canal Discoveries: Explore the Park with our Virtual Rangers

The National Park Service and the C&O Canal Trust have collaborated on these 40 hidden gems spread throughout the 184.5 miles of the Park. Explore places you've not yet found, right here in your own backyard,enjoy the stories our Park Rangers most love to share, and deepen your appreciation and understanding of one of America's great historical parks.

Check out the map above to find a discovery nearby or, better yet, find a new spot and experience the C&O Canal as never before.

• Cumberland
• Cumberland Terminus
• Spring Gap
• Oldtown
• Paw Paw Tunnel
• Lock 65
• Little Orleans
• Indigo Tunnel
• Western Maryland Rail Trail
• Round Top Cement Mill
• Bowles House
• McCoys Ferry
• Four Locks
• Williamsport
• Lockhouse 44
• Cushwa Basin
• Dam 4
• Big Slackwater
• Killiansburg Cave
• Ferry Hill
• Fort Duncan
• Harpers Ferry
• Appalachian Trail
• Brunswick
• Catoctin Aqueduct
• Point of Rocks
• Monocacy Aqueduct
• Lock 26
• Edwards Ferry and Haunted House Bend
• Riley's Lock & Seneca
• Blockhouse Point
• Pennyfield
• Swains Lock
• Mather Gorge
• Gold Mine Trails
• Great Falls Tavern
• Stop Gate
• Anglers
• Widewater
• Seven Locks
• Lockhouse 10
• Lockhouse 8
• Lockhouse 6
• Abner Cloud Mill
• Fletchers Cove
• Incline Plane
• Alexandria Aqueduct
• Tide Lock (Mile 0.1)