|
|
Construction Updates
Updated October 25, 2011. For more information, call the administrative offices at 330-867-5511, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Bike & Hike Trail | Freedom Secondary Trail
Liberty Park | Towpath Trail | Water Trails
|
Bike & Hike Trail: Brandywine Road bypass
Beginning Tuesday, May 31 and continuing for approximately five months, the parking lot and restrooms at the Brandywine Falls parking lot in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 8176 Brandywine Rd., Sagamore Hills, will be closed for construction. Limited parking and portable restrooms will be available in a temporary lot. Buses and RVs cannot be accommodated. Access to the falls will be limited and there will be no wheelchair accessibility. Visitors are encouraged to visit on weekdays instead of weekends. The work, a collaborative effort between Metro Parks and the National Park Service, will triple in size the existing lot from its current 30 spaces. It serves visitors to Brandywine Falls, one of the national park’s most popular destinations, and users of the metropolitan park district’s 33.5-mile Bike & Hike Trail. Simultaneously, Metro Parks is rerouting a one-mile section of the multipurpose trail so users will not have to share Brandywine Road with vehicular traffic. The trail work could be completed by year’s end.
|
|
[ Top ]
|
Freedom Trail
Starting at the Portage Hike and Bike Trail in Kent, this proposed multi-purpose trail – on land owned by Metro Regional Transit Authority – will follow an unused railroad corridor, connect to the Tallmadge Trail and continue west to the Towpath Trail via a linkage at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s Northside Station in downtown Akron. Another section may link to the 33.5-mile Bike & Hike Trail in Munroe Falls. A feasibility study was completed in 2009. Implementation will take place in three phases, with construction likely beginning in 2012.
|
|
[ Top ]
|
Liberty Park: Twinsburg Ledges Area
In 2008 the resource management, naturalist and planning departments began preliminary planning for a proposed nature center at Liberty Park, along with a hiking trail with stunning views of the scenic sandstone ledges. Trail construction was completed in 2009 with help from a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The parking lot and trail opened October 25, 2011. Planning for the nature center is underway, with a 2013 completion date.
|
|
[ Top ]
|
Towpath Trail: Final Summit Section
On Tuesday, May 17, officials from Metro Parks, Serving Summit County and local dignitaries broke ground on the final section of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail to be completed in Summit County, across the street from the existing Wolf Creek Trailhead, 33 Snyder Ave., Barberton. This 0.6-mile section of the Towpath Trail will require a bridge over the Tuscarawas River, a second bridge over the canal and a tunnel under a rail line. The work could be completed by year’s end.
|
|
[ Top ]
|
Water Trails Plan
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County and the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition are studying the concept of creating water trails in southern Summit County for non-motorized boats, kayaks and canoes. Specifically, the agencies are looking at ways to establish designated connections for recreation between the Tuscarawas River, Ohio & Erie Canal and the Portage Lakes. Read More (5 MB)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In the Dugout
The tuliptree has one of the most perfectly straight trunks in the forest. American Indians often used the wood to make dugout canoes.
Mounties
Many years ago, Metro Parks rangers patrolled the parks on horseback.
|
|
|
 
|
|