Sep 08 2024
The Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail is the thread that ties much of Cuyahoga Valley National Park together. For roughly 20 miles, the nearly level path follows the historic canal route through forests, wetlands, old canal towns, locks, river valleys, and some of the park’s most popular wildlife areas. Visitors can walk, run, bicycle, …
Sep 08 2024
The Ledges Trail is one of the most distinctive hikes in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, replacing the park’s familiar river valleys and canal landscapes with towering sandstone walls, narrow passages, moss-covered boulders, cool ravines, and one of the best sunset overlooks in northeast Ohio. Although the main loop is short enough for a casual afternoon …
Sep 08 2024
The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad offers one of the most unusual ways to explore an American national park. Instead of driving from trailhead to trailhead, visitors can settle into a vintage passenger car and travel through the forests, wetlands, historic communities, and river corridor of Cuyahoga Valley National Park while the landscape passes outside the …
Sep 08 2024
Brandywine Falls is one of the signature landscapes of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, where Brandywine Creek plunges approximately 60 feet over resistant sandstone and layers of softer shale into a deep, wooded gorge. A boardwalk leads from the parking area to viewpoints facing the cascade, while the surrounding Brandywine Gorge Trail allows hikers to descend …
Sep 08 2024
Cuyahoga Valley National Park contains more than 125 miles of hiking trails winding through forests, wetlands, sandstone cliffs, ravines, old farm fields, canal corridors, waterfalls, and the rolling hills surrounding the Cuyahoga River. Although the park lacks the towering mountains associated with many western national parks, its trails are surprisingly varied. A morning hike can …
Sep 08 2024
Autumn may be the most beautiful season to visit Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Forests covering the hills between Cleveland and Akron gradually turn from summer green into a patchwork of crimson maples, golden tulip trees, orange sassafras, bronze oaks, and bright yellow understory shrubs. Waterfalls become framed by colorful leaves, the Towpath Trail disappears beneath …
Jun 09 2024
Cuyahoga Valley National Park protects a surprisingly wild corridor of forests, waterfalls, wetlands, sandstone ledges, historic farms, canal ruins, and river habitat between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Unlike national parks created around a single monumental landscape, Cuyahoga Valley is woven directly into one of the most populated regions of the Midwest. Neighborhoods, highways, farms, rail …
