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Paw Paw Tunnel – Paw Paw Tunnel loop from Warrior Mountain Wildlife Management Area

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United States
Maryland
Allegany County

Paw Paw Tunnel – Paw Paw Tunnel loop from Warrior Mountain Wildlife Management Area

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Paw Paw Tunnel – Paw Paw Tunnel loop from Warrior Mountain Wildlife Management Area

10:04

113km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Route includes tunnels

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After 41.8 km for 953 m

After 86.0 km for 953 m

Waypoints

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Parking

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1

8.74 km

Oldtown Toll Bridge, crosses the Potomac into WV

Highlight • Bridge

2

13.0 km

Pigman's Ferry Primitive Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

nice large flat site. fairly quiet.

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16.6 km

Masonry Overfall

Ruins

4

44.3 km

View of the Potomac River

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Potomac River stretches 405 miles and crosses the borders of four states (Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland). Aside from simply being nice to look at, the river is …

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5

44.4 km

Sorrel Ridge Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

6

52.1 km

Stick pile Hill Campsite

Highlight • Rest Area

nice level campsite. no river access and train can be loud, tracks across river. However, we only had 1 train go by at night.

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7

86.0 km

Paw Paw Tunnel

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

The Paw Paw Tunnel is an engineering marvel along the C&O Canal, built to avoid constructing six miles of canal along the river. Work began in 1836, but labor disputes, …

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86.9 km

Paw Paw Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

The Paw Paw Tunnel was constructed over 14 years, and in effort to save 6 miles of construction, is located in a place of steep, rocky terrain. This proved to …

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9

90.5 km

Treed Section of the C&O Canal Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This section of the C&O Canal Towpath takes you (briefly) away from the water through a nice, treed section of forest on a pleasant, wide, generally smooth gravel path.

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104 km

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Lake

B

113 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

93.6 km

13.0 km

4.74 km

1.63 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

94.2 km

17.2 km

1.50 km

102 m

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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