AVOID ON WEEKENDS/HOLIDAYS this lot has limited parking and gets very crowded, it is NOT the main parking for Billy Goat A trail - go to the Great Falls Tavern VC in the main park a few miles further up MacArthur Blvd (fee area = helps NPS), or plenty of free parking at Carderock off the Clara Barton parkway for Billy Goat C and towpath access, 1.25 mile downstream of Anglers. If parking at Anglers adhere to NO PARKING signage and DO NOT BLOCK THE FIRE LANE road/ramp access to the lower lot and boat launch this is actively used for emergency access by river rescue teams. * KNOW BEFORE YOU GO - A Trail subject to closure if river level are high - see C&O Canal NPS website for latest conditions and...
Read moreOperating bathrooms. Three separate parking lots. Water fountain not operable today. It’s winter time now - likely turned off (January). They have doggy water fountain too. Pump sink. Blow dryer and tampon dispenser.
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Trail side access to C&O canal via third parking lot in back. 1 Handicap parking space in...
Read moreThis is NOT Great Falls Parking. The parking lot for Great Falls is at the end of MacArthur Blvd 2.25 miles north beyond this parking lot. This lot provides parking for the Anglers access to the Potomac River and C&O Canal. It is misnamed in Google Maps. The correct name is...
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