DC - Pittsburgh Bike Trip: Distance and Elevation Chart

Compiled from a few reliable sources, here's a table of distances (in miles) and elevation (in feet above Mean Sea Level) riding from Washington, DC to Cumberland, MD via the C&O Canal, then continuing from Cumberland MD to Pittsburgh, PA via the Great Allegheny Passage.

		Miles		elev 'MSL
Georgetown		0		72
Great Falls		14		140
White's Ferry		35		213
Point of Rocks		48		233
Brunswick		55		246
Harper's Ferry		59		299
Shepherdstown		73		322
Wiliamsport		99		380
Hancock		124		446
Little Orleans		141		502
PawPaw		151		492
OldTown		161		568
Cumberland		184		610
Frostburg		200		1801
Meyersdale		216		2416
Garrett		221		1916
Rockwood		228		1801
Confluence		246		1340
Ohiopyle		258		1230
Connellsville		272		856
Perryopolis		287		797
Smithton		292		771
West Newton		298		761
Buena Vista		305		787
Boston		312		745
McKeesport		316		750
Point State Park		334		720

Which produces an elevation profile that looks something like this:

The elevation profile isn't perfectly accurate (it relies on a approximation of an altimeter) but it serves to give an idea of the relative slope, eastbound versus westbound, at the Eastern Continental Divide.

This is a chart that can easily mislead; the horizontal scale is 350 miles, while the vertical scale is 1/2 of a mile.