Potomac Heritage Trail

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Great Falls

Waterfall

Photo: MamaGeek, CC BY 3.0.

Great Falls is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River in the state of Maryland 14 miles upstream from Washington, D.C. As the border between the states of Maryland and Virginia generally follows the low-water line on the Virginia side, the…

Great Falls Tavern

Tourism office

Photo: Russ, CC BY 2.0.

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 3,500 feet southeast of Potomac Heritage Trail.

Places in the Area

Great Falls

Photo: Rob Shenk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Falls in Virginia, within the United States of America. It's a suburb outside the DC beltway. Nearly all the businesses are found at either end of Walker Road.

Potomac

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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.

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