C&O Canal and Nearby Parks in 2026

April 26th - Buttercups at Edwards Ferry	Dandelion	March 22nd - Entering the trail at Whites Ferry	Dutchman's breeches	Early Virginia Bluebells	Bloodroot flower opening up in the early morning	The robin in the morning light
Sycamore branches through the trees	Its Spring growth	Reflection in the river on a sunny morning	The majestic Sycamore trees	Bald Eagle couple	Pulling out the phone to take a picture	Stand of Sycamore trees across the river
The Sycamore tree with the eagles and the nest	The eagle pair on the other side of the river	The bald eagle nest	Tangle of tree trunks with the Sycamore in the background	In memory of Michael Tierney	The sycamore tree at the campsite	A merganser couple on the river
Spring Beauty	Spring beauty	Bloodroot	Bloodroot flowers	Young garlic mustard	Red-bellied woodpecker	Two turtles
Eastern-tailed Blue	Eastern-tailed Blue with open wings	Enjoying the morning sun	Turtles out on a nice Sunday morning	Traffic on the trail	March 15th - Runners near Weverton	The first cardinal of the morning
Highway 340 bridge across the Potomac near Harpers Ferry	A gathering of blackbirds	Blackbird with a light blue neck band?	St. Peter's Catholic Church seen from the towpath	Approaching Harpers Ferry on the towpath	Reconstruction of ramp from towpath to bridge at Harpers Ferry	On the walkway on one of the railroad bridges
View from the tip of Harpers Ferry	Freight train emerging from the tunnel at Harpers Ferry	Freight train emerging from the tunnel at Harpers Ferry	Freight train crossing the towpath	Trail to Maryland Heights	The Potomac Power Plant at Harpers Ferry	Early Spring flowers growing wild beside the trail
Widened section of Harpers Ferry Road beside the canal	Close up of section of Harpers Ferry Road that was broadened	Reconstructed section of Harpers Ferry Road from another angle	Harpers Ferry from the towpath	Front locomotive of the freight train	Colorful freight cars	Freight traffic beside the canal
A freight train passes by the remains of Lock 32	Freight traffic beside the canal	The freight train rolling through	Spring Flowers starting to pop up!	On the trail	The bug on the side of the car	March 8th - Fog over the river at Sycamore Landing
Mist	Morning mist	The river	Parking lot at Edwards Ferry	Feb 15th - Rileys Lock	The frozen top of the Potomac River from Seneca Creek Aqueduct	Seneca Creek
Putting on her Yaktrax	Seneca Creek Aqueduct	Seneca Creek meets the Potomac river	Near Riley's Lock	Ice on the trail	The trail and the river	The fox on the trail
The replacement bridge at the damaged Seneca Creek Aqueduct	Common Mergansers, i believe, at Seneca Aqueduct	Common Mergansers, i believe, at Seneca Aqueduct	The canal from Violette's lock	At Violettes Lock	Inlet lock at the location of Violette's lock	View of river from area of Violette's lock
View of the Potomac river at Violette's lock	At Violette's lock	The other side of the inlet lock at the location of Violette's lock	Inlet lock at Violette's lock	Jan 4th - Remains of Weverton beside the Potomac River	Lockhouse at Weverton	The turnoff for the Appalacian Trail at Weverton
North of Brunswick	Sunshine on the trail	A line of 17 locomotives sitting quietly on the tracks outside Brunswick	In Point Of Rocks on our way home	The menu at Big Belly's in Point Of Rocks	Big Belly's