Lock 21: Swains Lock
Lock 21: Swains Lock is a canal in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Lock 21: Swains Lock is situated nearby to the park Lock 21 “Swains” Campground, as well as near the islet Lock Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Falls and Great Falls Tavern.
Great Falls
Waterfall
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 is situated 2½ miles south of Lock 21: Swains Lock.
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 2 miles south of Lock 21: Swains Lock.
Bedfordshire Neighborhood Park
Park
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bedfordshire Neighborhood Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Lock 21: Swains Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potomac and Travilah.
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.
Travilah
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. Travilah is situated 3 miles north of Lock 21: Swains Lock.
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.
Lock 21: Swains Lock
- Type: Canal
- Categories: body of water, tourism, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.03122° or 39° 1′ 52″ northLongitude
-77.24347° or 77° 14′ 37″ westOpen location code
87F42QJ4+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 137400975OpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lock 21 “Swains” Campground and Lock Island.
Nearby Places
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