Quote Originally Posted by aicabsolut View Post
Can you take C&O from Rock Creek to Key Bridge? My trail map makes it look like you can but I dunno.. I'm thinking it comes up on the left side of the bridge (facing VA).and I think it's paved. If you know if that's right or not, please let me know.
aicabsolut, the towpath begins just downstream from Thompson's Boat Center, near the intersection of Rock Creek Pkwy and Virginia Ave at the edge of Georgetown. It then runs through G'town between M St and Water St, under Key Bridge, and on to Cumberland, in between the river and what's left of the canal. I've actually never ridden it that close to the city, but I used to walk along it on my lunch breaks when I worked in G'town years ago. I know some construction work has been done under Key Bridge, but I don't know how they may have changed the towpath through there. If you ride it from Georgetown, it's worth noting that the towpath joins up with the Capital Crescent trail near where Arizona Ave hits Canal Rd.

At 184.5 miles from G'town to Cumberland, the C&O Canal is the longest linear park in the National Park system, and well worth exploring by anyone in the DC area. Definitely one of my favorite places