Great Falls Overlook 2

Great Falls Overlook 2 sits at 149 feet along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway, with the terrain dropping 49 feet within 600 meters of the site. Several canal features are visible from the overlook: Lock 19 lies to the northeast at 0.3 miles, Lock 20 follows at 0.4 miles, and the Washington Aqueduct Observation Platform is also to the northeast at 0.4 miles. Lock 16 is visible to the east-southeast at 0.5 miles, and Lock 15 lies southeast at 0.7 miles. Arlington is 11.7 miles to the southeast, Washington is 13.6 miles to the east-southeast, and Baltimore is 40.0 miles to the east-northeast. Daylight hours shift across the year, with sunrise at 05:44 and sunset at 20:39 around the June solstice, and sunrise at 07:25 with sunset at 16:51 around the December solstice. This overlook follows Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail on the byway and precedes Great Falls Overlook 3.