Sycamore Landing On beautiful spring and summer weekends, the canal becomes a very busy place. Canal access points closer to the city, including Carderock, Great Falls, Pennyfield Lock, Violette's Lock, and Seneca, are often very crowded. The forest right around Sycamore Landing is especially rich, and migrating thrushes seem to zero in on this area. Head to the right, upriver, and the woods become narrow, for much of the floodplain is a private turf farm, yet spring wildflowers are still plentiful and wildlife is common. No, I couldn't have.
Nobody ever goes there.
Can't be anything to see there. Despite the name, there hasn't been a working ferry here for many, many years. Nobody ever goes to Edwards Ferry. The motor vessel Jubal Early travels back and forth across the Potomac from White's Ferry to just north of Leesburg, Virginia, ferrying commuters across the river on weekdays and explorers on the weekends. The ride is nice, but you don't need to ride the boat to enjoy yet another stretch of the canal in Maryland's quiet piedmont.