# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "chesapeake-ohio-canal"
name = "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath"
short_name = "C&O"
country = "US"
regions = ["MD", "DC", "WV"]
length_km = 297
length_note = "184.5 mi, from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park page"
tier = "regional"
designation = "National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "none"
publisher = "National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
publisher_url = "https://www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/hiking.htm"
url = "https://www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/hiking.htm"
format = "No line included"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "none-stated"
licence_text = "No track is included, so no source licence applies to a track. This record names the publisher and the page its facts were read on (https://www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/hiking.htm, read 2026-11-10)."
attribution = "none (no line included)"
osm_only = false
mainline = "No OpenStreetMap route relation covers the whole towpath; relation 9185394 is a short piece near Washington. The towpath is mapped as individual ways."
source_checked = "2026-11-10"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "No OpenStreetMap route relation for the trail was found, and the publisher serves no track that may be passed on. The record is kept without a track."

[osm]
relation = 0
note = "No route relation found when searched on 2026-11-10."

[shield]
status = "logo-not-found"
logo_source = ""
contact = "National Park Service"
note = "No logo is included. Ask the trail's holder before using its mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "National Park Service"

[verification]
verified = false
note = "No line to measure."