> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hikingamerica.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Hiking America - Week Ending June 10, 2023 - URL: https://www.hikingamerica.com/updates-2/ - Published: 2023-06-11T14:50:10.000Z - Updated: 2023-06-11T14:50:10.000Z - Description: Discover the remarkable transformation of ADT hiking in Maryland as a long-standing water challenge along the C&O trail meets its solution. - Author: John Wesley Brett - Tags: Maryland, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri Exciting News for **C&O Canal National Park in Maryland!** Say goodbye to the frustrating lack of water availability during the off-season! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2022/12/Hiking-America-wordmark-GreenSlogan.jpg) Not affiliated with nor authorized by the American Discovery Trail Society® [JOIN HIKING AMERICA FOR FREE!](https://www.hikingamerica.com/#/portal/signup) ## Maryland ### Segment 1-3 - [C&O Canal National Park](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-maryland/) Nearly all through-hikers of the **American Discovery Trail** have stories of the difficulty of finding water along the 100-mile-plus stretch of the C&O. There are dozens of water pumps (above) all along the way, but from Fall to Spring – peak time for ADT passers-through – the **National Park Service removed the handles** so you couldn't use them for fear of them freezing. Oh, so frustrating! But that all changed this Spring. On the park's **["Current Conditions"](https://www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/conditions.htm?ref=hikingamerica.com)** page, three new sentences were recently added that will **forever change the future of ADT hiking** in Maryland. 🚰 **Hiker-Biker Campsites**: Non-potable water is available in hiker-biker campsites. Please plan to filter, chemically treat, or boil the water before use for your own protection. The wells will remain in the hiker-biker campsites, and as long as visitors bring their own sanitization equipment (Sawyer!), there will be a more reliable water source, as **handles will not be removed from these wells!** 👊 To be clear, well handles are removed from **fee campgrounds** in mid-November each year to protect against freeze "as per normal operating procedures." ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2022/07/Swoosh_UPDATES.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0f/28/0f286572-aa37-49a3-8704-f6d42aa3a69a/content/images/2023/06/rays-road.jpg) ## Indiana - South ### Segment 1 - [Illinois State Line to Evansville](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-indianas/) **Added a reroute** and eleven new waypoints, **plus updated maps and turn-by-turn directions in Evansville** to move the trail off (above) this **harrowing section of a four-lane road** with no option to walk other than in traffic. A couple of years ago, this was a two-lane road with nice, wide grass shoulders on both sides. But not any longer. The new routing includes **all sidewalks** while adding only 0.99mi to the route. [**HT RayRey'23**](https://linktr.ee/gearedupadventures?ref=hikingamerica.com) ### Segment 3 - [Boonville to Saint Meinrad](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-indianas/) **[MichelleStrong'23](https://linktr.ee/rellachel?ref=hikingamerica.com)** phoned in a church "in the middle of nowhere" with a nice shelter on the side that may offer protection from bad weather and perhaps some dispersed camping. We're reaching out to Pastor Scott to check. ### Segments 6 & 7 - [Harrison Crawford State Forest to Deam Lake](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-indianas/) Updated **Hiker Notes for Corydon.** ## Ohio ### Segment 1 - [Elizabethtown to Cincinnati](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-ohio/) Updated Hiker Notes with information on a hotel just a little over a mile south of the **Anderson Ferry** in Kentucky. ## Missouri ### Segment 2 - [Rock Island Trail - Pleasant Hill to Windsor](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-missouri/) The Rock Island Trail and Katy Trail include a series of benches along the trail. **[Bernie'22](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=575812998)** identified all of them during his crossing last year, and they are now included. We have also services in **Leeton** and additional services in **Windsor.** ### Segment 3 - [Katy Trail - Windsor to Boonville](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-missouri/) Added additional food and resupply services in Sedalia, including **Mighty Melt Sandwich & Spuds,** which has "reopened under new ownership. Still the same amazing sandwiches, soups, and spuds!" - Anonymous'22, ChrisAmanda'23 ### Segment 7 - [Katy Trail to Saint Louis - Illinois State Line](https://www.hikingamerica.com/guides-missouri/) We have also included notes on reaching **REI,** which is just 1.7 mi SW of the trail in St. Louis. And we added lodging notes and recommendations regarding the elegant B&B **Fleur-de-Lys Mansion** in Saint Louis. Yes, it's a little pricey. But when you are pounding out 4,800 miles, don't you deserve to treat yourself every now and again? - [**HT Brad McKim'23**](https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10230242104062616&set=pcb.10230242110182769) ### Hike Your Hike - John. 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