Monocacy Aqueduct

Poolesville, MD

The largest aqueduct on the C&O Canal, the Monocacy Aqueduct's seven arches of white quarry stone spanning the Monocacy River are one of the most beautiful feats of 19th-century engineering in the region.

Photography Guide

Best Time: morning
Crowds: Quiet
Shot Types: architecturalwaterwide
Best Seasons: springfall

Practical Tips

The best angle is from the towpath looking directly at the aqueduct face with the Monocacy below. Morning light hits the stonework perfectly from the east.

Nearby Places

Parks & Nature

Germantown, MD

Black Hill Regional Park

Little Seneca Lake - Montgomery County's largest lake - sits in a 1,900-acre park of wooded shoreline, meadows, and wetland edges. The lake's numerous coves and herons create calm, reflective water scenes year-round.

sunrisefall · spring

Overlooks

Dickerson, MD

Sugarloaf Mountain

A privately maintained monadnock rising 800 feet from the Piedmont Plateau, Sugarloaf offers panoramic views of the Monocacy Valley and Blue Ridge foothills.

golden hourfall · spring

Parks & Nature

Clarksburg, MD

Little Bennett Regional Park

Montgomery County's largest park features 3,700 acres of upland forest, meadow, and stream valley - including one of Maryland's best wildflower destinations in spring and a campground with exceptional night sky access.

golden hourspring · fall