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Dave Rust from Pittsburgh on 9/1/2013 4:59:59 PM:
I just finished doing my first ride from Pgh to D.C. At the end of the C&O canal in D.C. we stopped at the local bike shop to ask them where the mile marker 0 was at and they all told us there wasn't one. We eventually found it on our own the next day hidden off the trail behind a metal building. Anyone else have this problem? Why doesn't the bike shop know it's there?
 
JJB from Fairmont, WV on 9/1/2013 6:48:53 PM:
Haha....yeah. What is up with that?!? The first time we did the trip, (we start at MM 0), we spent maybe close to an hour looking for that darn thing. None of the locals knew what it was let alone where it was! Most folks did not really know what the C&O Canal was. We were right besided the building you spoke of when we asked people. We wondered off but eventually came back to the building and somehow ended up going on the other side of the building and found it. You would think they would put of some signs for it.

For what it is worth, our second trip we used a shuttle service who "specializes" in the C&O/GAP trail and the driver did not know where MM 0 was. He knew how to get us in the general area. We had to show him where it was.
 
Anonymous on 9/3/2013 7:21:54 AM:
Go to youtube.You will find a really nice short video that explains and rides right to it.
 
Mike on 9/4/2013 9:15:02 AM:
You'll be surprised at the number of people in the Washington DC area who don't even know what the C&O Canal is, or where it is located. There are many Rail-Trail enthusiast who are not familiar with the trail. Glad you found MM "0".
 
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