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Carderock Recreation Area

Parking, Water, Restroom
Potomac MD
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath

Carderock Recreation Area is located on the C&O Canal Trail, in Potomac MD

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Trail conditions from Carderock Recreation Area to west
Diana from Richmond on 07/08/2021 10:33 PM:
We're planning on biking about 10 to 15 miles westward from Carderock. Is the trail hilly and what is the surface like?

 
Rivnuts from Homestead,PA on 07/10/2021 04:30 AM:
This section of the C&O is virtually flat with an easily rideable surface.

Carderock Recreation Area in Bethesda
John R Wilcox from Perkasie on 07/28/2019 06:58 AM:
Has anyone every parked a car here for long term? Is it allowed?