Lock 19
Lock 19 is a dam in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Lock 19 is situated nearby to the tourism office Great Falls Tavern, as well as near the locality Carderock.
- Type: Dam
- Description: canal lock in Potomac, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “C&O Canal Lock 19”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and Great Falls Tavern.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in the District of Columbia, West Virginia and Maryland. It lies in the Potomac River Valley between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland.
Great Falls Tavern
Tourism office
Great Falls Tavern is a historic building in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. Located at mile 14.3 along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath, it is today used by the National Park Service as one of its five visitor centers in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Great Falls Tavern is situated 630 feet north of Lock 19.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Falls and Potomac.
Great Falls
Potomac
Potomac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018.Carderock
Locality
Carderock is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, along the Potomac River. It is located in the southern part of the Potomac census-designated place and western part of the Bethesda postal area. Carderock is situated 3 miles southeast of Lock 19.
Lock 19
- Category: lock
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.99848° or 38° 59′ 55″ north
Longitude
-77.2484° or 77° 14′ 54″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
87C4XQX2+9J
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