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Paw Paw Tunnel – View of the Potomac River loop from Flintstone

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Allegany County

Paw Paw Tunnel – View of the Potomac River loop from Flintstone

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Paw Paw Tunnel – View of the Potomac River loop from Flintstone

11:02

131km

1,470m

Cycling

Hard bike 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: August 16, 2026

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Green Ridge State Forest

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.95 km

Browning CREP Easement

Nature Reserve

27.5 km

WM Scenic RR Double Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad crosses two historic girder bridges built by the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad. Now part of the scenic route traveled by the Frostburg Flyer, these bridges …

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31.2 km

Great Allegheny Passage KM 0 and C&O Canal Towpath Northern Terminus

Highlight • Trail

The official Mile 0 of the Great Allegheny Passage is found in downtown Cumberland under the arch, next to the train station and connected to the northern terminus of the …

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52.6 km

Masonry Overfall

Ruins

60.5 km

Oldtown Toll Bridge, crosses the Potomac into WV

Highlight • Bridge

61.3 km

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Lake

73.4 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.

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78.3 km

Paw Paw Tunnel

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

The Paw Paw Tunnel is an engineering marvel along the C&O Canal, built to avoid constructing six miles of canal along the river. Work began in 1836, but labor disputes, …

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80.8 km

View of the Potomac River

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Potomac River stretches 405 miles and crosses the borders of four states (Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland). Aside from simply being nice to look at, the river is …

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80.9 km

Sorrel Ridge Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

88.5 km

Stick pile Hill Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

nice level campsite. no river access and train can be loud, tracks across river. However, we only had 1 train go by at night.

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91.2 km

Potomac River

Lake

131 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

64.4 km

52.2 km

9.07 km

4.26 km

1.03 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

71.4 km

42.1 km

12.9 km

4.11 km

359 m

228 m

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Lowest point (140 m)

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Today

Sunday 30 August

31°C

17°C

46 %

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