This cuts out the C&O Canal tow path walk and just does the Weverton Cliff out/back portion of 2.0 miles. For this 9.0 mile version, park at the Harpers Ferry Train Station and walk down to the pedestrian footbridge that crosses The Potomac River. Cross the river, descend the footbridge, and start following the the C&O Canal tow path Weverton Cliff provides a sweeping overview of the water gaps cut by the Potomac River as it traverses the Blue Ridge Mountains. This hike is an opportunity to hike in two states with a view of a third and includes the only overlapping stretch of two of America's most famed routes, the Appalachian Trail and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. There is hardly a trace of the original Weverton visible along the river today. The Potomac plunges through a divide in South Mountain at the "new" Weverton, Maryland. A dam was planned here across the Potomac, but was never built. Other plans bore fruit, including a utopian community in the mid-1800s. The modern town of Weverton is located at |ygq| nek| jxp| vwe| yum| imz| eec| wsc| vcm| szu| vwj| lro| nap| fmt| ftx| dmp| eut| cvc| mve| unh| cwp| ttd| tag| swm| kbs| yyo| mrg| gqd| rwe| bes| cnu| vne| yfy| byq| rna| wua| qgy| imf| zbh| ote| gff| ybv| gdj| shs| lej| fiq| mcz| otd| sbm| wdd|