Swains Access
Swains Access
Swains Lock (Mile 16. 6) offers a small parking lot and serves as a hiker-biker campsite with chemical toilet, picnic table, firepit, and non-potable well water (available mid-April to mid-November).
This is the only hiker-biker campsite directly accessible by vehicle along the C&O Canal towpath, making it convenient for day-use access to the canal near the Potomac River in Montgomery County.
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