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Put-in VA

Lock 6 Put-In

Potomac - 7. Little Falls (VA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Potomac River near Wash, DC Little Falls Pump Sta Upstream Primary

Runnable: 2.2 – 5.0 FT

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

From the Lock 6 parking area, walk around the lockhouse and the bridge across the canal, walk a short distance down the C&O Canal and take a well worn trail to a side channel of the river called the feeder canal. There are slalom gates set up in the feeder canal just upstream of this put-in to practice and perfect your moves.