Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail

Olmsted Island and Overlook Trail sits at 135 ft along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway, with the surrounding terrain dropping 26 ft within 600 m of the overlook. Lock 16 lies south-southeast at 0.4 mi, sitting at 258 ft, and Lock 15 is also south-southeast, 0.6 mi out, at 144 ft. Arlington is 11.5 mi to the southeast, Washington is 13.4 mi to the east-southeast, and Baltimore is 39.8 mi to the east-northeast. Day length varies across the year: sunrise runs from 05:44 at the June solstice to 07:25 at the December solstice, with sunset ranging from 20:39 in June to 16:51 in December; equinox sunrise/sunset times fall near 07:00 and 19:00. The trail connects to Overlook rock, lower before this stop and continues on to Great Falls Overlook 2.