Sites

Great Falls Tavern

The visitor center and museum, located beside restored Lock 20, was built in 1828 as a lock tender’s house and later converted to an inn.  Travel along the canal in a restored canal boat or hike the park’s trails and see the great falls of the Potomac River.

Canal Quarters

Three lockhouses along the canal have been reopened and furnished in a way that is consistent with the way lock tenders and families would have lived in them a the time with hsitoric materials like photographs, maps and books that tell the story of the canal turning a visit into an interpretive experience.

Bikers and hikers along the canal will soon be able to find a rest stop every 20 - 30 miles. You can book a room online and immerse yourself in the history of one of the nation's busiest commericial waterways.

A unique cable ferry crossing the Potomac every 20 minutes, a short distance downriver from White’s Ford, where J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry crossed during the Civil War.

The Schoolhouse was built in 1865 of Seneca sandstone and operated as a one-room schoolhouse until 1910.  A carefully researched 19^th-century school day program is taught by a trained and costumed teacher.

A scenic aqueduct and lock along the C&O Canal.

The heart of a freed slave community dating to the late 1800s.

Established in 1747 as an Anglican chapel in whose cemetery fallen Confederate soldiers lie buried.

At South Germantown Park, where members fly all types of radio-controlled model aircraft.

The 1930 dairy barn is a museum telling the story of dairy farming and farm families in 20^th century Montgomery County.

Located in the restored 1884 B&O Railroad Station featuring exhibits on the city’s history and the commuter/excursion trains that have served the community.

Home of many historically and culturally significant sites in the political heart of Montgomery County.

Exhibits on Latvian history and culture.

Constructed in 1815 as a residence for the Beall family and now home to the Montgomery County Historical Society.  The Stonestreet Museum of 19^th-Century Medicine, an outfitted office of a country doctor, is also on the site.

A turn-of-the-century Montgomery County farm, with animals and a working sawmill.

Built in the 1820s as one of three slave dwellings, the cabin was the center of an African American roadside community from Emancipation well into the 20th century.

Established in 1981 to preserve the area’s agricultural heritage and Quaker tradition.  The main Exhibit Hall is a post and beam construction reminiscent of barns and out buildings of the Quaker farms. The Museum is now hosting Salon Lunches every Wednesday afternoon from Noon to 1:00 PM. Bring a bag lunch to join friends and neighbors to the salon-syle discussions with a different topic each week.

A 2-mile trail winding through woods and fields to Sandy Spring believed to have been part of the historic Underground Railroad.