Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Paw Paw, WV Visitors Center – Evitt's Creek Campsite loop from Paw Paw

Routes

Paw Paw, WV Visitors Center – Evitt's Creek Campsite loop from Paw Paw

Hard

4.5

(2)

riders

Paw Paw, WV Visitors Center – Evitt's Creek Campsite loop from Paw Paw

06:40

79.6km

200m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

241 m

Paw Paw, WV Visitors Center

Highlight • Rest Area

Small welcome center. Has three picnic tables, water inside and information about the town.

Tip by

4.25 km

Treed Section of the C&O Canal Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This section of the C&O Canal Towpath takes you (briefly) away from the water through a nice, treed section of forest on a pleasant, wide, generally smooth gravel path.

Tip by

17.6 km

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Lake

18.4 km

Oldtown Toll Bridge, crosses the Potomac into WV

Highlight • Bridge

22.6 km

Pigman's Ferry Primitive Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

nice large flat site. fairly quiet.

Tip by

26.3 km

Masonry Overfall

Ruins

32.7 km

Iron Mountain - Primitive Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

large flat site. railroad bridge nearby can be noisy

Tip by

40.2 km

Evitt's Creek Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

flat site, closest to Cumberland. train yard directly across from it.

Tip by

79.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

76.3 km

1.19 km

875 m

685 m

432 m

148 m

Surfaces

75.6 km

2.55 km

1.12 km

399 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Today

Tuesday 1 September

34°C

19°C

23 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

July 31, 2025,Coast to Coast 51: Cumberland, MD, to Paw Paw, WV, CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL TOWPATH TRAIL 1

The weather forecast for today predicted thunderstorms in the afternoon. On the CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL TOWPATH TRAIL, there are only very few villages. Thus, I thought it would be nice to stay another day in Cumberland and have a massage and relax. Unfortunately, the room was already booked, and the massage lady never answered the phone, nor did she …

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Hard

4.5

Paw Paw, WV Visitors Center – Evitt's Creek Campsite loop from Paw Paw

06:40h

79.6km

200m

Hard

4.9

Mason-Dixon Line Monument – Big Savage Tunnel loop from Cumberland

06:15h

108km

1,130m

Moderate

4.3

Knobley Tunnel Trail – Evitt's Creek Campsite loop from Cumberland

03:22h

43.5km

80m

Moderate

4.0

Knobley Tunnel Trail – Evitt's Creek Campsite loop from Cumberland

04:42h

59.2km

130m

Moderate

3.0

Green Ridge State Forest – View of the Potomac River loop from Little Orleans

03:25h

40.2km

140m

Paw Paw, WV Visitors Center – Evitt's Creek Campsite loop from Paw Paw

Paw Paw, WV Visitors Center

Treed Section of the C&O Canal Towpath

Oldtown Toll Bridge, crosses the Potomac into WV

Pigman's Ferry Primitive Campsite

Iron Mountain - Primitive Campsite

Evitt's Creek Campsite

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️