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A 184.5-mile (297-km) hiking trail that passes through Brunswick, near the Potomac River. To the northwest, it ends at Cumberland, Maryland. To the southwest, it ends in Georgetown in Washington, D.C.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland, encompasses a canal and towpath trail extending 184.5 miles (296.9 km) along the Potomac River from the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland. The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and many of its original structures.
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