Cuyahoga Valley National Park
A recovered river valley of waterfalls, canal towpath and farmland between Cleveland and Akron.
- 151named trails
- 239trail miles mapped
- Ohiolocation
Popular hikes in Cuyahoga Valley
- Brandywine Falls Boardwalk · about 0.5 mi · Easy
- Blue Hen Falls · about 1.4 mi · Easy
- Brandywine Gorge Loop · about 1.5 mi · Easy
- Virginia Kendall Lake Loop · about 1.5 mi · Easy
- Towpath Trail · about 20 mi · Easy
- Ledges Trail · about 2.2 mi · Moderate
- Buttermilk Falls · about 2 mi · Moderate
- Plateau Trail · about 4.6 mi · Moderate
Best months to visit
- October: Ohio's national park is at its most beautiful in October, with maples and oaks turning around Brandywine Falls and along the Towpath.
Permits and reservations
We found no timed entry or reservation system on Cuyahoga Valley's nps.gov pages. Permits only apply to events and large groups.
All 151 trails in Cuyahoga Valley
- Adam Run Trail · 6.54 mi round trip · Moderate
- Akron Peninsula Road · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- All Purpose Trail (northeast section) · 9.74 mi round trip · Moderate
- All Purpose Trail (southwest section) · 8.68 mi round trip · Moderate
- Archery Range · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Astorhurst Trail · 6.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Averill Pond · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Averill Pond Connector Trail · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Bike & Hike Trail · 21.68 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Blue Hen Falls · 3 mi round trip · Easy
- Boston Run Trail · 6.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Boston Trailhead Connector · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Botzum Station · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Brandywine Gorge Loop · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Bridle Connector Trail (northeast section) · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Bridle Connector Trail (northwest section) · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Bridle Connector Trail (south section) · 0.76 mi round trip · Easy
- Bridle Trail (north section) · 10.18 mi round trip · Moderate
- Bridle Trail (south section) · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Buckeye Trail - Bridle Trail · 7.56 mi round trip · Moderate
- Buckeye Trail - Valley Trail Connector · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Buckeye Trail (north section) #1 · 1.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Buckeye Trail (north section) #2 · 1.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Buckeye Trail (northwest section) #1 · 17.86 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Buckeye Trail (northwest section) #2 · 2.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Buckeye Trail (south section) · 3.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Buckeye Trail (southeast section) · 8.22 mi round trip · Moderate
- Buckeye Trail/Towpath Connector · 1.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Butler's Trail · 1.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Buttonwood Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Canal Exploration Station Trail · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Clayton-Stanford Trail · 0.64 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (north section) #1 · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (north section) #2 · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (north section) #3 · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (northeast section) #1 · 2.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (northeast section) #2 · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (south section) · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (southwest section) #1 · 1.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (southwest section) #2 · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Connector Trail (southwest section) #3 · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Cross Country Trail · 5.34 mi round trip · Moderate
- Cuyahoga River Water Trail · 51.34 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Daffodil Trail · 1.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Deer Lick Cave Loop · 1.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Deer Lick Loop · 3.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Deer Lick Loop - Buckeye Trail · 0.48 mi round trip · Easy
- Deer Run Trail · 1.77 mi loop · Easy
- East Bridle Trail · 1.88 mi round trip · Easy
- East Bridle Trail - Buckeye Trail · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
- East Rim Emergency Exit · 1.94 mi round trip · Easy
- East Rim Trail Emergency exit · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
- East Rim Trails · 4.8 mi round trip · Easy
- Eddie's Wildlife Pass · 2.88 mi round trip · Easy
- Edson Run · 2.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Egbert Loop Trail · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Everett Covered Bridge Overlook · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Field Trail · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Forest Point Trail · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Frazee House · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Friendship Trail · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Furans Run · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Furnace Run Trail · 4.3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Gorge Loop · 0.64 mi round trip · Easy
- Hale Farm Connector · 1.76 mi round trip · Easy
- Haskell Run Trail · 0.64 mi loop · Easy
- Hemlock Creek Trail · 3.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Hemlock Ravine · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Hemlock Trail · 2.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Holzhauer Trail · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Horseshoe Pond · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Howe Meadow Connector · 0.48 mi round trip · Easy
- Indigo Lake · 1.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Ira Trailhead · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Jaite Wayside Connector · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Karl's Corner · 0.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Kendall / Pine Grove Connector · 0.84 mi round trip · Easy
- Kendall Lake Connectors · 5.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Lake Trail · 1.76 mi round trip · Easy
- Lamb Loop · 4.62 mi loop · Moderate
- Langes Run Trail · 4.92 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ledges / Pine Grove Connector · 1.66 mi round trip · Easy
- Ledges Trail · 6 mi round trip · Easy
- Ledges Trail Connector · 3.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Lock 39 · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Mars Quarry · 1.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Meadowedge Trail · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Moore Trails! · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- My Mountain Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- My Mountain Trail - Buckeye Trail · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Nature PLay Area · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- North Bridle Loop · 2.96 mi round trip · Easy
- North Bridle Loop - Deer Lick Cave Loop · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- North Bridle Loop - Deer Lick Loop · 1.34 mi round trip · Easy
- North Bridle Trail - Deer Lick Cave Loop · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Oak Hill Trail · 1.42 mi loop · Easy
- Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail · 39.94 mi round trip · Moderate
- Old Buckeye Trail Route · 0.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Carriage Trail · 6.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Carriage Trail - Hike/Bike Trail Connector · 1.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Mill Trail · 1.12 mi loop · Easy
- Overlook Trail · 0.54 mi round trip · Easy
- Parallel Universe · 2.64 mi round trip · Easy
- Parkway Bridle Trail · 1.8 mi round trip · Easy
- Pine Grove Trail · 1.39 mi loop · Easy
- Pinery Narrows · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Plateau Trail (northeast section) · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Plateau Trail (southwest section) · 8.86 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ponds Trail · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- Post-Line · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Prairie Trail · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Quarry Trail · 1.82 mi round trip · Easy
- Red Lock Trail · 10.42 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Red Lock Trailhead · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Rerouted Bridle Trail · 1.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Riding Run Trail · 8.26 mi round trip · Moderate
- Rim Trail · 2.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Rock Creek Trail · 2.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Rockside Station Trail · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Sagamore Creek Loop · 6.96 mi round trip · Moderate
- Salt Run Trail (northwest section) · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Salt Run Trail (southeast section) · 6.66 mi round trip · Moderate
- Short Cut (southwest section) · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- South Bridle Loop · 2.1 mi round trip · Easy
- South Bridle Loop - Buckeye Trail · 0.82 mi round trip · Easy
- Spring Hollow Trail · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
- Stanford Trail · 2.82 mi round trip · Easy
- Station Bridle Trail · 1.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Station Bridle Trail - Buckeye Trail · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Station Bridle Trail - Deer Lick Loop · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Station Road Bridge River Access · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Tabletop Trail · 1.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Towpath Connector · 20 mi round trip · Easy
- Towpath-Stanford Connector Trail · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Towpath/Buckeye Trail Access · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Tree Farm Trail · 2.83 mi loop · Easy
- Upper Boardwalk · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Valley Bridle Trail (north section) #1 · 3.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Valley Bridle Trail (north section) #2 · 12.12 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Valley Bridle Trail (south section) · 12.74 mi round trip · Moderate
- Valley Trail · 5.36 mi round trip · Moderate
- Valley-Buckeye Connector · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Visitor Center connector · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Volunteer Spirit Trail · 1.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Walkway · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- West Bridle Trail · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Wetmore Trail · 8.18 mi round trip · Moderate
- White Oak Trail · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Wight Oaks Loop · 4.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Wildflower Loop · 0.59 mi loop · Easy
- Wildlife Woods · 0.74 mi round trip · Easy
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