C&O Canal and Nearby Parks in 2026

October 4th - Runners on the trail near Anglers Inn	Shirtless runner on the trail	Mushrooms on a tree trunk	The great blue heron in the distance	The great blue heron	The towpath near Carderock	The Great Blue Heron
Porcelain Berry?	Floating Primrose Willow	Porcelain Berry?	The mallard poking in the mud	The trail and canal near Carderock	Dried flowers at the end of a branch	View of the Potomac river from the towpath near Carderock
Honeysuckle	The bridge at Anglers	View from the bridge at Anglers	Oct 2nd - Asters	Goldenrods	Phlox	White Snakeroot (according to one of my sources)
At the campsite at mile 26	Hanging next to the door of the Portaporty	Asters	Sept 18th - Early morning near Fletchers Cove	From the Capital Crescent trail in Bethesda	The Dalecarlia Tunnel	The C&O Canal from the Capital Crescent Trail
Over the Potomac river after take off from National Airport	Georgetown - on the waterfront	At the park in Georgetown	Sept 16th - At the Monocacy Aqueduct	The Great Blue Heron	Sept 13th - Sign at The Great Falls Tavern	The Charles F Mercer Canal Boat at Great Falls
Pickerelweed	Stop Lock near Great Falls	Up on a tree preening itself	The Great Blue Heron on the tree	Asters	Asiatic Dayflower	The warning
Across Widewater near Angler's Inn	Reflections	Across Widewater near Angler's Inn	The Great Blue Heron	Jewelweed	Tiger Swallowtail	Locks 18 and 19 on the C&O Canal at Great Falls
Sept 9th - The warning at the bridge	Field of yellow	Wingstem, I think	Locomotive on the track that goes to the Power Generation Plant in Dickerson	Great Blue heron in the canal waters	The black rat snake crosses the trail	The black rat snake
Sept 4th - Next to the rail yard at Brunswick	Sept 3rd - Another morning at Gravelly Point	Almost overhead after takeoff from National Airport	Main wheels on the ground while the nose wheels are still in the air	Reverse trusters on after landing	Racing across the main runway to take off from the shorter Runway 33	Taking off from Runway 33 at National Airport
After landing at National Airport	Shortly after rotation at National Airport	Construction on the Washington DC waterfront	Sept 2nd - Snapping Turtle on the trail near Violettes Lock	Maug 30th - Unidentified wild flower	Sunflower	I am told that this could be Wingstem
Blackeyed Susan beside the trail	Most likely Sunflowers	Catoctin aqueduct from the viewing area	Sign at Catoctin Aqueduct	Spicebush Swallowtail	A common Eastern Velvet Ant, it seems	Aug 28th - At Jones Point Park on the Potomac river
The waterfront at Alexandria	Next to the Mt. Vernon trail in Alexandria	Old Potomac River Generating Station in Alexandria	August 23rd - At the parking lot for the Monocacy Aqueduct	Damage to an old canal structure near Monocacy Aqueduct	Damselfly on the trail	In the middle of the web
Jewelweed or Impatiens	The Internet tells me this could be some kind of a Swallowtail	Spider's web	Approaching Nolands Ferry	The spider in its web	Boater on the Monocacy River	Aug 12th - Green Heron on the other side of the canal
August 9th - Hanging over the trail!	Zabulon Skipper	Catterpillar over the trail	Wild Chicory	Aug 6th - At Gravelly Point next to National Airport on the Potomac river	Delta Airlines Airbus A320-212	At Gravelly Point next to National Airport on the Potomac river
July 23rd - Sign in a portapotty	Rules and regulations of the park	July 12th - A biker on the towpath	Bee balm	July 10th - On the Capital Crescent Trail, crossing the C&O Canal	Sign seen while biking through the Dalecarlia Tunnel on the Capital Crescent Trail	Key Bridge over the Potomac seen from the Georgetown park
Swallows	Street signs on a street in Georgetown in Washington, DC	Construction near the entrance to the Capital Cresent trail	The tunnel from the Capital Crescent trail going to the other side of the C&O canal	Where the Capital Crescent crosses the C&O canal	An accident on Canal Road close to Chain Bridge	Union Arch Bridge, also called Cabin John Bridge
June 26th - Beside the trail in the vicinity of Monocacy Aqueduct	Black rat snake on the trail	Lock house for Lander Lock	The approaching freight train	The engine of the approaching freight train	Common Mullein beside the track	The long freight train rolls by
June 19th - At Lock 27	June 7th - The Barred Owl near Violettes Lock	Another look at the barred owl	A damselfly (I had called it a dragonfly originally - by mistake!)	After the flowers have dried	On an island in the river	The tiniest frog
Going fishing!	The heron	Wild flowers	Either a Mallow or Morning Glory	Either a Mallow or Morning Glory	The egret in the middle of the river
June 3rd bike ride - The turtle	The first heron we are seeing in a long time	gallery: January to May