Red Roof Inn
The Red Roof Inn is a pet-friendly economy hotel located one mile from the C&O Canal. At mile marker 99.5, cross the lift bridge to get from the towpath to […]
Elmwood Farm Bed & Breakfast
Elmwood offers a farm-stay experience on an alpaca farm. It is an 1855 home recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. They provide amenities for bikers and dog owners […]
Quality Inn
Quality Inn is a pet-friendly hotel with a fitness center. At mile marker 72.7, take the circuitous ramp from the towpath to Shepherdstown Pike. At the top of the ramp, […]
Sundogs B&B
Sundogs B&B is an animal-friendly, eco-friendly country retreat. It serves a vegetarian breakfast with locally-sourced ingredients when possible. At mile marker 72.7, take the circuitous ramp from the towpath to […]
Thomas Shepherd Inn
Thomas Shepherd Inn is a classic bed & breakfast in downtown Shepherdstown. The Inn was built in 1868 and converted to an inn in 1984. The innkeepers supply a homemade […]
The Inn at Antietam
The Inn at Antietam is a seven-acre property adjacent to the National Cemetery. Enjoy freshly baked bread each morning. They are dog- and family-friendly. At mile marker 76.8, leave the […]
Jacob Rohrbach Inn Bed & Breakfast
Jacob Rohrbach Inn has landscaped grounds, gardens, porches, and patios. They offer special package add-ons to make your stay special. At mile marker 76.8, leave the towpath and turn right […]
Rockhaven B&B
Rockhaven B&B is conveniently located halfway between upper town and lower town Harpers Ferry. They offer two guest rooms and two retro glamping cabins. At mile marker 60.7, walk your […]
Lily Garden B&B
Lily Garden B&B offers two vacation apartments, bed and breakfast amenities, and a natural ecosystem lily pond. At mile marker 60.7, walk your bike across the bridge to Harpers Ferry. […]
Stonehouse B&B
Stonehouse B&B offers three rooms in the only B&B located in lower town Harpers Ferry. Stonehouse B&B was built in 1839 and provides views of the Maryland Heights cliffs. At […]
Town’s Inn
The Town’s Inn has eight rooms, including a hostel room, in two historic houses. The Heritage House includes a full-service restaurant, and the Mountain House includes a café and shop. […]
Little Orleans Campground
Little Orleans Campground is a 222-acre campground that provides a total camping experience. They have tent sites with full RV hookups and cabins for rent. The property also includes a […]
Quality Inn – Harpers Ferry
Quality Inn has a business center, fitness center, and laundry. At mile marker 60.7, walk your bike across the bridge to Harpers Ferry. Turn right on High Street, continue for […]
Cantuta Inn B&B
Cantuta Inn offers the hospitality of a traditional country inn with modern comforts and amenities. No pets or children under 12. At mile marker 60.7, walk your bike across the […]
1828 Trail Inn B&B
1828 Trail Inn has four rooms, bike storage, and offers afternoon refreshments. It is named for the date of the beginning of the race between the railroad and the canal […]
1878 Riverrun Bed & Breakfast
Riverrun B&B overlooks the canal and has five rooms, bike storage, and bike washing. At mile marker 124.5, leave the towpath and turn left on the Western Maryland Rail Trail. […]
Super 8 Motel
Super 8 Motel is pet-friendly and has laundry services. At mile marker 124.5, leave the towpath and turn right on Berm Rd., left on S. Pennsylvania Ave. and left on […]
Hancock Motel
The Hancock Motel is a family run 22-room motel that serves a continental breakfast and is pet-friendly. Eighteen rooms are on the ground floor, making them easy access for the […]
Cumberland Inn & Spa
The Cumberland Inn & Spa is a luxury boutique inn. They have an outdoor bike storing facility and cater to bikers. They have an extensive spa menu. At the terminus […]
Fairfield Inn & Suites
Fairfield Inn & Suites has laundry, a fitness center, and a pool, and does not allow pets. At the terminus of the C&O Canal, turn right on Canal St. Fairfield […]
Inn on Decatur
The Inn on Decatur is a casual comfortable inn with two guest rooms. They provide a full-sized breakfast and will provide information about local events and history, including a walking […]
Ramada by Wyndham
Ramada is a pet-friendly hotel with dry cleaning services, a fitness center, and a bar. At the terminus of the C&O Canal, turn right on W Harrison St. Continue for […]
Hampton Inn – Cumberland
Hampton Inn is a pet-friendly hotel with an indoor pool and a fitness center. At the terminus of the C&O Canal, continue onto the Great Allegheny Passage. Turn right on […]
Happy Hills Campground
Happy Hills is a family-owned campground open year-round. They have 200 tent camping sites and full hookup sites, a snack bar, swimming pool, laundromat, and mini-golf. They hold family activities […]
Brunswick Family Campground
Brunswick Family Campground has tent sites, RV sites, and four cabins. They have a bathhouse, camp store, playground, and two pavilions. They are operated by River & Trail Outfitters and […]
Lockhouse 21 “Swains”: Canal Quarters
Swains Lockhouse (Lockhouse 21) is part of the Canal Quarters program and is available for overnight stays! You and up to 7 friends can spend up to three nights here, […]
Cumberland
Cumberland is a beautiful town nestled in one of the few natural passable cuts in the Allegheny Mountains of Western Maryland. It is listed in the National Register of Historic […]
Irons Mountain Campsite
The Irons Mountain Ridge is the Canal’s last formidable ridge to navigate as it makes its way toward Cumberland. The campsite is upstream about a mile from the Narrows, the […]
Spring Gap Drive-in Campground
Even before the Canal came along, Spring Gap served as a shallow river-crossing accessing the Patterson Creek area of what is now West Virginia. It’s just as popular more than […]
Pigmans Ferry Campground
The name of this campsite is somewhat misleading. The site of the actual ferry is more than a mile and a half upstream and the campsite itself is not on […]
Town Creek Campsite
The Canal takes anything but a direct route as it bends around Sideling Hill, Town Hill and Green Ridge as it makes its way toward Cumberland. The towpath finally leaves […]
Purslane Run Campsite
The Purslane Run Campsite is a half mile upstream from where the Western Maryland Railroad crosses back over the Potomac into Maryland. It is named for a stream another half […]
Sorrel Ridge Campground
Like several locks in this section of the Canal, concrete replaces several sections. The remains of the lockhouse are also nearby. The free overnight campsite provides a portable toilet, picnic […]
Stickpile Hill Campsite
Stickpile Hill is another ridge that forces the Potomac River in its looping pattern along the southern edge of Green Ridge Forest State Forest. It is said that the ridge […]
Devils Alley Campsite
Bordering Green Ridge State Forest to the north, Devil’s Alley Campsite is one of the more remote hiker/biker campsites along the towpath. It is named after a hollow located upstream […]
Fifteenmile Creek Drive-in Campground
Like other campsites on the Canal accessible by road, stays at Fifteenmile Creek are limited to 14 consecutive days between May 1 and October 1 and no more than 30 […]
Indigo Neck Campground
This campground is well positioned for exploring parks and state forests in the area. Just a mile and a half downstream of the small town of Little Orleans, Indigo Neck […]
Cacapon Junction Campsite
Although the Great Cacapon River isn’t much more than a creek, it was seen as an important resource for commerce upstream. Flatboats and rafts brought iron, flour and lumber downstream […]
Leopards Mill Campsite
This riverside campsite was named after Jacob Leopard who operated a gristmill about a mile upstream. Interestingly, Leopard had been running his mill before the Canal even came along. Later, […]
Hancock
Hancock has a rich history and a unique place in the state of Maryland. It’s located in the narrowest part of the state—less than two miles separate the Pennsylvania and […]