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Dargan Bend Recreation Area

Parking, Restroom
Boat Ramp
Sharpsburg MD
Sharpsburg, MD 21782
www.canaltrust.org

Dargan Bend Recreation Area is located on the C&O Canal Trail, in Sharpsburg MD

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Dargan Bend Recreation Area in Harpers Ferry
D.S. from Savage, MD on 08/07/2020 12:02 PM:
Does this site allow for overnight parking? If not, where nearby allows overnightparking. We are planning on kayak camping.
 
WKR from Brunswick, MD on 08/07/2020 03:17 PM:
I don't know about the legality of it but there should be plenty of space. That said, it's also pretty remote so be sure not to leave anything of value.
 
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