C & O Canal NPS - Four Locks Walking TourReturn to Calendar

Saturday, October 17, 2026

10:30am-12:00pm

Location: Four Locks, Clear Spring, MD
Website: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=4A657F4D-A9CB-B530-17577BFFD7446BFC
Event/Entrance Fee: Free & Open to the Public

Step back in history and rediscover the thriving community of Four Locks. Join a guide for a one-half mile, round trip walk around the area that once boasted several stores, a school, post office, and other local enterprises. While today in Four Locks, only a lockhouse, the stonework of four canal locks and a few residences still exist, the program will attempt to “repaint” a busy village tied together with workings of the canal that flowed through it. Participants should meet at the Four Locks boat ramp parking lot located near Clear Springs, Maryland. The boat ramp can be reached by turning onto Four Locks Road off Maryland Route 56; driving 0.6 miles, and bearing right onto Starliper Road. Then, drive though the culvert to the boat ramp parking lot.