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Fort Duncan

“The view from the top of the mountain is magnificent and will well repay any lover of the grand and beautiful in nature for the exertion necessary to climb to […]

Guard Lock for Dam 3

Just upstream from the Dam No. 3 site, you’ll find the remains of the guard lock for the dam. Made of gray limestone, this inlet lock also acted as a […]

Maryland Heights Trail

Both hikers and history buffs will tell you the 1,200 foot climb to the overlook at Maryland Heights is well worth the trip. The green-blazed trail leads you to a […]

Lock 33

Lock 33 of the Canal was a place of commerce situated close to the town of Harpers Ferry, just across the Potomac from town. The lock also sits below Maryland […]

Harpers Ferry Parking

Parking lot at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Bus service and walking trail to Harpers Ferry and C&O Canal towpath.

Sandy Hook

Sandy Hook’s location and surrounding geographical features make it a natural gateway into Harpers Ferry from the Maryland side—and a busy little town before and during the Civil War. Here […]

Appalachian Trail

The roughly three-mile section of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail that runs along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park towpath from Weverton, Maryland, to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, […]

Weverton and Casper Wever

This is the story of an ambitious surveyor/ engineer and a namesake town that never really reached its potential. Casper Wever was born in 1786 in Lancaster, PA. He worked […]

Frederick-Washington County Line

The ridge of South Mountain is Maryland’s dividing line between Frederick and Washington counties. Just below Harpers Ferry, the ridge dips to the Potomac River and rises again as Short […]

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