Lock 24 (Riley's Lock) - C&O Canal
USA /
Maryland /
Darnestown /
World
/ USA
/ Maryland
/ Darnestown
World / United States / Maryland
lock (water navigation), interesting place
Lock 24 is located at mile 23 directly adjacent and combined with the Seneca Creek Aqueduct. This lock is also known as "Riley's Lock" after a former Lock Keeper.
canal.mcmullans.org/seneca_creek_aqueduct.htm
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canal.mcmullans.org/seneca_creek_aqueduct.htm
www.candocanal.org/articles/complexworld.html
www.candocanal.org/articles/complexworld.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locks_on_the_C&O_Canal
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°4'7"N 77°20'26"W
- Crippen Stump Dump and Animal Farm (former) 6.2 km
- Free walking route to Great Falls 11 km
- Mather Gorge 12 km
- Former route of Washington-Virginia Railway 19 km
- Holmes Run Acres 26 km
- DC "Pentagram" 31 km
- Intermediate Field 57B / Beltsville Airport (abandoned) 44 km
- Clark's Elioak Farm 44 km
- Belmont Conference Center 54 km
- Mason Dixon Line 110 km
- Seneca Historic District 3.2 km
- Darnestown, Maryland 4.6 km
- Seneca Creek State Park 6.1 km
- Great Falls, Virginia 7.1 km
- Travilah, Maryland 7.7 km
- Greater Sterling, Virginia 11 km
- Potomac, Maryland 13 km
- Montgomery County, Maryland 14 km
- Fairfax County, Virginia 26 km
- Loudoun County, Virginia 26 km