Sandy Beach

Maryland Access Point river left just below the fishladder. Park at Great Falls National Park (fee area), reached via MacAuthur
Blvd. in Montgomery County, MD. Carry 1/4 mile south along the C & O
Canal towpath. Take the trail on the right just off the towpath down from Lock 17, upstream of the overlook that leads to Sandy Beach. Can also be accessed from Anglers by paddling up the canal a mile, then carrying another 0.4 mile to the put-in.