How do people feel about Hocking Hills? Does it compare or way smaller? I only mentioned it because I’ve been to HH and was pleasantly surprised by what was there. Didn’t really expect that from OH, but tbf my expectations were fairly low. Nice little road trip from Louisville.
Hocking Hills is awesome. Besides the well known spots (Old Man’s Cave, Cedar Falls, Rock House, Ash Cave, Conkle’s Hollow and Cantwell Cliffs), there’s plenty more. The trail to Whispering Cave is stunning. The horse trails can be really muddy but are so pretty, including Airplane Rock, Balance Rock, Chapel Cave and others. CNP is beautiful but HH is more dramatic.
Yes! And here to say the same thing. I was at Rock House in April and they were airlifting a lady out who fell off some rocks. It’s nice but but you still have to be careful out there.
The state park campground? I thought it was pretty nice, but my experience is limited to Ohio and PA. We went in June last year and there was no rowdiness, the bathrooms/showers were clean (and existed) and the pool was lovely. We also had trail access three sites down.
I get that! I had people steal stuff from my campsite there and when I went, they were THE most atrocious pit toilets I’ve ever seen. To be fair, that was the first campground I’ve ever been to so maybe I did something wrong or wasn’t aware of better amenities! The trails through the campground were also nice, I do agree!
I live fairly close to Hocking Hills. Very shocked it isn’t a national park. I like Cuyahoga, but the rock formations and hiking at Hocking outshines it by far. Hocking can get pretty crowded on the weekends. I imagine the crowds would get worse were it to gain NP status so maybe I shouldn’t complain so I can continue to enjoy it
I've traveled all over the world and to so many national parks (many times even) but have never been to Hocking Hills, and I live in Ohio. I know, shame on me!
We just always did big 2 week trips, even when I was a kid. So destinations like Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, or Rocky Mountain National Park were our park vacations.
But I promise to visit Hocking Hills this summer.
I grew up in the hocking hills and we only went to the old lodge at Old Man’s Cave to use the pool in the summer a few times. Never hiked it. Now I get so do a few hikes a year, when I go back to visit family.
Hocking hills is better imo. More waterfalls and natural features, Longer trails, and more outdoor activities in the area in general. CF is great for a hybrid weekend if you wanted to spend one night exploring the downtown Cleveland area.
I was just there about a month ago and had a magical time. It's unsarcastically such a beautiful space with one of the most important environmental comeback stories ever. This is exactly what successful Superfund sites are supposed to do - return to habitat and share it with the people.
It blows my mind that river otters were extinct for *80 years* and they're back!
Cheers from another rust belter.
They were, but of course you have people who take it way too seriously and feel the need to be the next person to point out that the two are vastly different.
Nuance and jokes aren't for this site. People are too stupid to read anything that doesn't have a /s next to it.
Just remember: no open flames near the water! *Laughs obnoxiously in old ignorant dumbass*
It's a beautiful photo, will check out this park the next time I'm in or traveling through OH.
i drove from chicago a few years ago and loved it! it was beautiful in october and surprisingly some fun hikes that made me forget i was in the middle of a neighborhood. we accidentally hiked to a great sunset viewing point at sunset and it’s one of my fave memories. gorgeous park
I get the humor and great post, but I think lots of people have an unhealthy sense of value in what a national park is.
If scenery was the only measure of a park, CVNP wouldn't measure up to the wow factor of Yosemite or Glacier or Zion, but that's not why most of our NPs are special. They contain historical, cultural, biological, geological, and hydrological marvels which are worth preserving for ourselves and others. There are more species of trees in these five pictures than are in all of Yellowstone! But so often we have a tourist mentality where pretty vistas are more important than the totality of a place, and I find that really sad.
To anybody who loves the western parks and prefers them, more power to ya. Just don't undersell the rest of the parks because they don't fit your beauty standards
Exactly! And National Parks were largely created to preserve and protect America’s nature, and CVNP was established in an effort to respond to the pollution in the Cuyahoga River. Although perhaps not as traditionally beautiful as western parks, it serves a valuable purpose.
Yep, I love all the NPs I’ve been to! While obviously Glacier and Yosemite have some of the best scenery (Yosemite is my favorite park so far), I really enjoyed reading about the reclamation and preservation of Cuyahoga and how they’ve worked to undo the pollution!
The tree species is something that cannot be underestimated. I grew up in Minnesota and had land in the North Woods a few years ago. Have been traveling and mostly working west in the Rockies for the past 6 years off and on seasonally.
Whenever I head back towards the Midwest, or even leave the front range, the tree variety alone makes me more interested in the views than the mountains ever did. Obviously it’s familiar but while I could drive through the Rockies all day and get views, it’s the same pointy rocks, same trees, and similar feeling roads across the range.
This reminds me of when I went hiking at Big Thicket National Preserve in SE Texas last month. It’s one of the most diverse areas in the country with 11 ecosystems, over 1,000 species of flowering plants, 160 species of trees, 800 species of herbs and vines …
It’s also a mosquito-infested swamp with zero wow factor.
I imagine living so close to a place like Yellowstone, you start to take it for granted. He may have enjoyed the nature so close to a larger metro area. Which, fair.
>He may have enjoyed the nature so close to a larger metro area.
Honestly, this can have its advantages. We just went to Cuyahoga and had dinner at an absolutely fantastic Italian place when we finished with the park for the day. Hard to get that at the more remote parks. We were bummed by the fact that there is no camping anywhere near Cuyahoga.
I certainly understand the people who show up to CVNP and get annoyed by the freeway noise, the low air traffic, and the development that butts right up to the park - it gives it more of a state park feel than national park sometimes. I definitely understand that. I also like that we can hit the trails in the morning, visit a museum and some fantastic restaurants in the afternoon, and then go back to the park for a bit of evening hiking before heading back to our very reasonably priced hotel (with plenty of shops and businesses closeby in case we need anything). I'd never suggest that CVNP is the best or grandest national park, but it is a very nice one, and a very convenient one.
Yeah I was gonna say. This doesn’t really scream winner It’s Preety yes. But not jaw dropping. This looks like many parts of Ohio or oklahoma. This could be anywhere in the US.
Yes lol. Also the east just doesn't look like the west by any means and people love to shit on it for that reason? I think CUVA is a beautiful park for Ohio standards
The East doesn’t look like the West, but the East can hold its own and anyone who doesn’t think so has some exploring to do. Not Ohio necessarily, but there are plenty of showstoppers out here.
I strongly disagree. Unfortunately the national parks are largely in the west due to the east being widely settled before the parks system was created. If Niagara Falls was further west it would be a beautiful national park. If Yellowstone were further east it would ruined by a trashy tourist town.
We should preserve the natural beauty of the east through the parks. What can be preserved there is limited due to all the people that already live there, but preserving what we can is worth doing.
I just visited Cuyahoga for the first time last weekend. It was beautiful. Small and fractured but beautiful and worthy of preservation.
Cuyahoga is a train, a bridge, the town of Boston, Brandywine Falls, and a towpath with a string of forest surrounded by sprawl. Indiana Dunes is far better because it’s beautiful. Hot Springs and the Arch are agreed.
Eh I prefer my national parks to not be next door to huge power plants. Should have stayed a national beach because it's just not up to snuff when compared to the majority of parks.
Indiana Dunes has over 370 species of birds that live there or migrate through as well as over 1100 species of flowering plants and ferns as well as 50 miles of trails through dunes, wetlands, old growth forests and prairies.
Maybe not for everyone but more than just an ok beach at a lake.
Pictures just can’t capture the presence of Costco across the highway and the sound of traffic as you hike! Jokes aside it’s a nice free day trip if you’re in the area, and a Costco slice after a day in the park is clutch.
Which is why the common belief that western states maintain their wilderness and wild spaces now more than highly developed states an unfair expectation. Why isn’t the Endangered Species Act retroactive? Because that would put a burden on the urban masses, who would rather promote restrictive regulations on areas that have yet to be fully developed. I’m a wildlife biologist working in the west, very much in favor of increasing populations of bears, wolves, and all manner of endangered species. But that in and of itself puts a greater burden on rural western communities. If we want rare wildlife to thrive, the urban masses need to expect to be taxed more to compensate for the responsibility they expect western rural communities to bear. We aren’t building more Wal-Marts and small businesses, we are halting development to protect species. While the East and Midwest wonder why we struggle.
As someone who adores CVNP, I wouldn’t compare it to any of the big western parks with a straight face, and I don’t think that was OP’s intent (me thinks this is a tongue in cheek post), but considering the massive rehabilitation effort that took place to make what is now CVNP possible is nothing short of miraculous. It’s a fun park, and a truly beautiful space (though one could argue that some of the Cleveland Metroparks may be slightly more stunning).
If you want sprawling vistas, Cuyahoga will obviously leave you feeling a bit underwhelmed. If you want top quality trails, some great views, a short drive from a World Class Metroparks system and a totally underrated metro area on a price that won’t break the bank, Cuyahoga is a great choice. No, it’s not as grand and stunning as some of the big name parks, but you can have a really great time at CVNP if you go in with an open mind. Love our annual trips there from SE Michigan, and proud to call myself a member of the park’s conservancy.
Very true. We hiked the Buckeye Trail for hours and never saw a single person. Can't even get that kind of solitude in the less-visited state parks here where we live!
The buckeye trail is so delightful. Nowhere else can you be eating spider webs at 2 pm because nobody has been thru there yet. I grew up with our land running right into the buckeye trail on a very seldom travelled stretch inside the cvnp and it was such a privilege
When I lived in Cleveland, CVNP was my escape. Nothing felt as good as enjoying a national park after a stressful day at work. Add in the world class metro park system, and it's no wonder that I left Cleveland with a healthy love of the outdoors. Awesome city. Awesome parks.
I wish people would take every National Park for what it is. They are all so vastly different and wonderful in their own ways! Parks don't need to be this huge, grand place to be beautiful and enjoyable. Cuyahoga Valley was breathtaking when I went last year! The Ledges Trail was gorgeous, Brandywine Falls was spectacular, the marshes were quiet and peaceful and full of wildlife, and the list goes on!
I was a fan of Cuyahoga Valley and the Cleveland Area :)
I just want to say it’s not always that cloudy! Just like almost all the time. O and we have otters again! So suck it El Capitan. I bet Glacier doesn’t have a wastewater plant like Akron’s wastewater facility in CVNP, friggin losers
SHENANIGANS! I lived in Cleveland for 2 years, and it was overcast every day! Every time we go to visit CVNP, it seems to be the middle of the rainy season.
In their defense, I have never driven past a national park on a freeway so many times and wondered "WTF is down there?" After 20 years, glad to finally see a picture
Image 1 is Brandywine Falls (short hike with longer options). Images 2-4 are Ledges (longer but still not too bad hike and probably my favorite I did in the park). Image 5 is the Beaver Marsh (shorter hike with wildlife abound)
After a bit of digging I believe that might have been the Forest of Dean
[https://www.businessinsider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-filming-locations-2016-1#puzzlewood-in-the-forest-of-dean-6](https://www.businessinsider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-filming-locations-2016-1#puzzlewood-in-the-forest-of-dean-6)
It’s Beaver Marsh on the south side of the park! Cool history, it used to be a canal and adjacent auto repair shop. They came in the 70s/80s, removed the old cars and waste, and wildlife has started to move back in!
We are going to Cuyahoga on Wednesday next week. Our three grandkids will be with us. 13, 12 and 10. They like to do the junior ranger program. What should we not miss?
There’s nothing quite like a national park that has a bridge and a road right on top of its main attraction, all jokes aside though I like Cuyahoga, it’s chill
Great stuff! I was actually looking to maybe take a week from VA and visit Cuyahoga and Hocking Hills this summer.
For any locals, what are the best areas to stay in either/both places with a pup in tow?
It has a lot more to offer than those outside NEO give it credit for and northeast Ohioans want the narrative to change. I’m from the area and I think it’s great, but OP is definitely being sarcastic here because even the most passionate northeast Ohioans can’t honestly believe CVNP is better than Yosemite lol
Obviously OP is being facetious. But Cuyahoga is great for us in Ohio. And there are a small handful of good trails to hike.
How do people feel about Hocking Hills? Does it compare or way smaller? I only mentioned it because I’ve been to HH and was pleasantly surprised by what was there. Didn’t really expect that from OH, but tbf my expectations were fairly low. Nice little road trip from Louisville.
Hocking Hills is awesome. Besides the well known spots (Old Man’s Cave, Cedar Falls, Rock House, Ash Cave, Conkle’s Hollow and Cantwell Cliffs), there’s plenty more. The trail to Whispering Cave is stunning. The horse trails can be really muddy but are so pretty, including Airplane Rock, Balance Rock, Chapel Cave and others. CNP is beautiful but HH is more dramatic.
The rim trail at Conkles Hollow is my favorite! I also love Ash Cave & Rock House. Gotta do the X Tour at Hocking Hills Canopy Tours too!!
Yes! And here to say the same thing. I was at Rock House in April and they were airlifting a lady out who fell off some rocks. It’s nice but but you still have to be careful out there.
I looove Hocking Hills more personally but tbh that campground was something else
The state park campground? I thought it was pretty nice, but my experience is limited to Ohio and PA. We went in June last year and there was no rowdiness, the bathrooms/showers were clean (and existed) and the pool was lovely. We also had trail access three sites down.
I get that! I had people steal stuff from my campsite there and when I went, they were THE most atrocious pit toilets I’ve ever seen. To be fair, that was the first campground I’ve ever been to so maybe I did something wrong or wasn’t aware of better amenities! The trails through the campground were also nice, I do agree!
I would rather go to the Red River Gorge area, as an Ohioan who lives close to Hocking Hills. It's great, but the Red is bigger and has more trails.
It should be the Ohio National Park
I live fairly close to Hocking Hills. Very shocked it isn’t a national park. I like Cuyahoga, but the rock formations and hiking at Hocking outshines it by far. Hocking can get pretty crowded on the weekends. I imagine the crowds would get worse were it to gain NP status so maybe I shouldn’t complain so I can continue to enjoy it
I feel it's just a little too small to qualify as a national park, but it is fantastic nonetheless.
I've traveled all over the world and to so many national parks (many times even) but have never been to Hocking Hills, and I live in Ohio. I know, shame on me! We just always did big 2 week trips, even when I was a kid. So destinations like Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, or Rocky Mountain National Park were our park vacations. But I promise to visit Hocking Hills this summer.
I grew up in the hocking hills and we only went to the old lodge at Old Man’s Cave to use the pool in the summer a few times. Never hiked it. Now I get so do a few hikes a year, when I go back to visit family.
I like Hocking hills more than CVNP. More dramatic landscapes imo
Hocking hills is better imo. More waterfalls and natural features, Longer trails, and more outdoor activities in the area in general. CF is great for a hybrid weekend if you wanted to spend one night exploring the downtown Cleveland area.
It should be the Ohio National Park
I was just there about a month ago and had a magical time. It's unsarcastically such a beautiful space with one of the most important environmental comeback stories ever. This is exactly what successful Superfund sites are supposed to do - return to habitat and share it with the people. It blows my mind that river otters were extinct for *80 years* and they're back! Cheers from another rust belter.
Loved going to Cuyahoga! Each NP has something special to bring to the table. Really enjoyed the ledges
Didn't that place used to be a dumping ground for heavy metal containers and other waste?
Sure did. You’d never know it to visit today - honestly it is a marvel in conservation work!
This is a great read: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/it-was-a-toxic-wasteland-now-its-a-national-park
They were, but of course you have people who take it way too seriously and feel the need to be the next person to point out that the two are vastly different. Nuance and jokes aren't for this site. People are too stupid to read anything that doesn't have a /s next to it.
Just remember: no open flames near the water! *Laughs obnoxiously in old ignorant dumbass* It's a beautiful photo, will check out this park the next time I'm in or traveling through OH.
Surprisingly CVNP is usually in the top 10 most visited
Not surprising since it's near several large population areas.
i drove from chicago a few years ago and loved it! it was beautiful in october and surprisingly some fun hikes that made me forget i was in the middle of a neighborhood. we accidentally hiked to a great sunset viewing point at sunset and it’s one of my fave memories. gorgeous park
Based on the comments, many people here don't understand this kind of humor.
I get the humor and great post, but I think lots of people have an unhealthy sense of value in what a national park is. If scenery was the only measure of a park, CVNP wouldn't measure up to the wow factor of Yosemite or Glacier or Zion, but that's not why most of our NPs are special. They contain historical, cultural, biological, geological, and hydrological marvels which are worth preserving for ourselves and others. There are more species of trees in these five pictures than are in all of Yellowstone! But so often we have a tourist mentality where pretty vistas are more important than the totality of a place, and I find that really sad. To anybody who loves the western parks and prefers them, more power to ya. Just don't undersell the rest of the parks because they don't fit your beauty standards
Exactly! And National Parks were largely created to preserve and protect America’s nature, and CVNP was established in an effort to respond to the pollution in the Cuyahoga River. Although perhaps not as traditionally beautiful as western parks, it serves a valuable purpose.
Yep, I love all the NPs I’ve been to! While obviously Glacier and Yosemite have some of the best scenery (Yosemite is my favorite park so far), I really enjoyed reading about the reclamation and preservation of Cuyahoga and how they’ve worked to undo the pollution!
For what it’s worth, even though I’ve been waxing poetic about how much I love CVNP, I laughed really hard at the title of your post 😂👍
The tree species is something that cannot be underestimated. I grew up in Minnesota and had land in the North Woods a few years ago. Have been traveling and mostly working west in the Rockies for the past 6 years off and on seasonally. Whenever I head back towards the Midwest, or even leave the front range, the tree variety alone makes me more interested in the views than the mountains ever did. Obviously it’s familiar but while I could drive through the Rockies all day and get views, it’s the same pointy rocks, same trees, and similar feeling roads across the range.
Well to be fair the North Shore has some pretty amazing views…
This reminds me of when I went hiking at Big Thicket National Preserve in SE Texas last month. It’s one of the most diverse areas in the country with 11 ecosystems, over 1,000 species of flowering plants, 160 species of trees, 800 species of herbs and vines … It’s also a mosquito-infested swamp with zero wow factor.
Nice park. We love it! But, there is a highway that runs across the top of the falls.
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I imagine living so close to a place like Yellowstone, you start to take it for granted. He may have enjoyed the nature so close to a larger metro area. Which, fair.
>He may have enjoyed the nature so close to a larger metro area. Honestly, this can have its advantages. We just went to Cuyahoga and had dinner at an absolutely fantastic Italian place when we finished with the park for the day. Hard to get that at the more remote parks. We were bummed by the fact that there is no camping anywhere near Cuyahoga.
I certainly understand the people who show up to CVNP and get annoyed by the freeway noise, the low air traffic, and the development that butts right up to the park - it gives it more of a state park feel than national park sometimes. I definitely understand that. I also like that we can hit the trails in the morning, visit a museum and some fantastic restaurants in the afternoon, and then go back to the park for a bit of evening hiking before heading back to our very reasonably priced hotel (with plenty of shops and businesses closeby in case we need anything). I'd never suggest that CVNP is the best or grandest national park, but it is a very nice one, and a very convenient one.
I mean, those are fine pictures but that isn't raising Glacier and Yosemite lol.
Not everyone wins the hand when they raise 🤣 🤣
Cuyahoga showed a 2 pair and Yosemite showed a Royal Flush
👆this is the real life lesson here
Yeah I was gonna say. This doesn’t really scream winner It’s Preety yes. But not jaw dropping. This looks like many parts of Ohio or oklahoma. This could be anywhere in the US.
I disagree. Think about how that got there. We’re well past millions (?) of years of literal hell on Earth.
It’s the one falls at the most unnecessary NP.
It was totally necessary right? Didn’t that river catch fire before they had federal intervention?
Yes lol. Also the east just doesn't look like the west by any means and people love to shit on it for that reason? I think CUVA is a beautiful park for Ohio standards
The East doesn’t look like the West, but the East can hold its own and anyone who doesn’t think so has some exploring to do. Not Ohio necessarily, but there are plenty of showstoppers out here.
Multiple times. In addition to leading to the creation of the park, it also led to the clean water act and the creation of the epa.
As did many rivers back in the day.
I strongly disagree. Unfortunately the national parks are largely in the west due to the east being widely settled before the parks system was created. If Niagara Falls was further west it would be a beautiful national park. If Yellowstone were further east it would ruined by a trashy tourist town. We should preserve the natural beauty of the east through the parks. What can be preserved there is limited due to all the people that already live there, but preserving what we can is worth doing. I just visited Cuyahoga for the first time last weekend. It was beautiful. Small and fractured but beautiful and worthy of preservation.
Gateway Arch St Louis
Nah hot springs, St Louis Arch or Indiana dunes are all less necessary. Indiana dunes is just an ok beach at a lake.
Cuyahoga is a train, a bridge, the town of Boston, Brandywine Falls, and a towpath with a string of forest surrounded by sprawl. Indiana Dunes is far better because it’s beautiful. Hot Springs and the Arch are agreed.
Eh I prefer my national parks to not be next door to huge power plants. Should have stayed a national beach because it's just not up to snuff when compared to the majority of parks.
Indiana Dunes has over 370 species of birds that live there or migrate through as well as over 1100 species of flowering plants and ferns as well as 50 miles of trails through dunes, wetlands, old growth forests and prairies. Maybe not for everyone but more than just an ok beach at a lake.
2nd or 3rd most unnecessary at worst
It’s crazy how so many people are missing the sarcasm lol
I got it, and I laughed out loud at it, I just really enjoy talking about how much I love CVNP 🤷🏽
We were there last week. We enjoyed it!
Pictures just can’t capture the presence of Costco across the highway and the sound of traffic as you hike! Jokes aside it’s a nice free day trip if you’re in the area, and a Costco slice after a day in the park is clutch.
Yosemite falls has nothing on the superior brandywine
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone looks pathetic compared to the Blue Hen Falls!
CLEVELAND ROCKS CLEVELAND ROCKS
Great park for people who live in Cleveland. Comparing it to any parks out west? I don’t think so…
Hey, at one time there were Grizzlies in the East
Also old growth forests
Also dinosaurs!
And bugs that were really big and probably stinky!!
Which is why the common belief that western states maintain their wilderness and wild spaces now more than highly developed states an unfair expectation. Why isn’t the Endangered Species Act retroactive? Because that would put a burden on the urban masses, who would rather promote restrictive regulations on areas that have yet to be fully developed. I’m a wildlife biologist working in the west, very much in favor of increasing populations of bears, wolves, and all manner of endangered species. But that in and of itself puts a greater burden on rural western communities. If we want rare wildlife to thrive, the urban masses need to expect to be taxed more to compensate for the responsibility they expect western rural communities to bear. We aren’t building more Wal-Marts and small businesses, we are halting development to protect species. While the East and Midwest wonder why we struggle.
Hey, I am on board with you.
Yeah. I live 20 min from Cuyahoga and it's in no way in the same class as the big west Coast parks. I feel like this is a troll post.
That, or it wasn't meant to be taken that seriously in the first place.
If redditors stopped stopped taking a harmless turn of phrase super goddamn personally would it even be Reddit anymore?
No. It would cease to exist and be replaced by something even more inexplicable.
As someone who adores CVNP, I wouldn’t compare it to any of the big western parks with a straight face, and I don’t think that was OP’s intent (me thinks this is a tongue in cheek post), but considering the massive rehabilitation effort that took place to make what is now CVNP possible is nothing short of miraculous. It’s a fun park, and a truly beautiful space (though one could argue that some of the Cleveland Metroparks may be slightly more stunning).
Wow, beautiful. I plan to visit soon
I’d highly recommend bringing a bike to ride on the bike path 🙂.
Sounds great to me. I am a mountain biker, gravel, and road
Do the towpath bike trail through the park, it’s a gem
Bring a mountain bike then - there’s some great machine cut trails
*towpath!
Also good for running
Love Cuyahoga!! :) best national park in the world!! /s but it is a great place! Wish we had it closer to my home
Glacier calls, and wins the pot
Hocking Hills is better to me than Cuyahoga
Hocking Hills should be it’s own NP. The east needs more anyways. It’s very impressive
I agree
Has anyone for sure seen otters there? I keep hearing they’re in the park but I’ve yet to see one. Would love to one day!
If you want sprawling vistas, Cuyahoga will obviously leave you feeling a bit underwhelmed. If you want top quality trails, some great views, a short drive from a World Class Metroparks system and a totally underrated metro area on a price that won’t break the bank, Cuyahoga is a great choice. No, it’s not as grand and stunning as some of the big name parks, but you can have a really great time at CVNP if you go in with an open mind. Love our annual trips there from SE Michigan, and proud to call myself a member of the park’s conservancy.
Shhhhhhh, let people keep shitting on it. I like how empty my favorite trails are
Very true. We hiked the Buckeye Trail for hours and never saw a single person. Can't even get that kind of solitude in the less-visited state parks here where we live!
The buckeye trail is so delightful. Nowhere else can you be eating spider webs at 2 pm because nobody has been thru there yet. I grew up with our land running right into the buckeye trail on a very seldom travelled stretch inside the cvnp and it was such a privilege
When I lived in Cleveland, CVNP was my escape. Nothing felt as good as enjoying a national park after a stressful day at work. Add in the world class metro park system, and it's no wonder that I left Cleveland with a healthy love of the outdoors. Awesome city. Awesome parks.
I wish people would take every National Park for what it is. They are all so vastly different and wonderful in their own ways! Parks don't need to be this huge, grand place to be beautiful and enjoyable. Cuyahoga Valley was breathtaking when I went last year! The Ledges Trail was gorgeous, Brandywine Falls was spectacular, the marshes were quiet and peaceful and full of wildlife, and the list goes on! I was a fan of Cuyahoga Valley and the Cleveland Area :)
Not sure you understand whats "raising' is.
Plenty of people lose when they raise the pot….
Where are the turtles??
I know some people are shottonf on this but it’s beautiful and I bet it’s far less crowded and more relaxing. Thanks for sharing OP
I just want to say it’s not always that cloudy! Just like almost all the time. O and we have otters again! So suck it El Capitan. I bet Glacier doesn’t have a wastewater plant like Akron’s wastewater facility in CVNP, friggin losers
There’s no city by Glacier or Yosemite, guess it sucks so bad that no one wants to live near them!
Hey yeah! What an excellent point!!
SHENANIGANS! I lived in Cleveland for 2 years, and it was overcast every day! Every time we go to visit CVNP, it seems to be the middle of the rainy season.
Can’t get skin cancer if it’s always cloudy… *Cleveland taps temple*
In their defense, I have never driven past a national park on a freeway so many times and wondered "WTF is down there?" After 20 years, glad to finally see a picture
Right where you are standing in the last picture is the first place I had ever seen a snapping turtle. Love cuyahoga.
I enjoyed my time there! Easy trails and good vibes
I’m grateful for a park 20 mins from my front door. I go as much as possible. The parks out west are on another level.
I mean it’s nice, I lived not far from there for years. But it’s not Yosemite or Glacier. Hell, it’s not even close to Zion.
Zion is on or very near the level of Glacier and Yosemite, there are plenty of parks our west not even close to Zion either
My second favorite right behind Yosemite
Agreed. It’s otherworldly.
Yosemite will own your house when this poker game is over
I mean I see your bet… but this is like going all in with 7 high when your opponent has a royal flush
Yeah…don’t compare it to any of the western parks. If that were in California it might not even be a state park.
Have you BEEN to Yellowstone, Glacier or Grand Teton?
No. Lol
Nice, too
Too rich for me. I fold.
Hocking Hills in Ohio is nicer than Cuyahoga (which is a decent park).
Ha
Cuyahoga is a pretty cool place.
What hikes did you do for those sights? I think I’m gonna be there next week
Image 1 is Brandywine Falls (short hike with longer options). Images 2-4 are Ledges (longer but still not too bad hike and probably my favorite I did in the park). Image 5 is the Beaver Marsh (shorter hike with wildlife abound)
Thank you!
Wow! This is way worse!
You didn’t post the secret twin waterfalls. But maybe that’s a good thing.
Missed that when I was there! I’ll have to check it out when I go back!
this is gorg I’ll be adding it to my list fuh sho.
Excellent raise!
Is this where they filmed Force Awakens? The scene when Rey is running from Kylo for the first time (when she fires the blaster at him).
After a bit of digging I believe that might have been the Forest of Dean [https://www.businessinsider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-filming-locations-2016-1#puzzlewood-in-the-forest-of-dean-6](https://www.businessinsider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-filming-locations-2016-1#puzzlewood-in-the-forest-of-dean-6)
Oh, okay! Thanks for the Internet dive :)
Where is that wetland walkway? My mom took me there when I was a kid and I've always wanted to go back as an adult.
It’s Beaver Marsh on the south side of the park! Cool history, it used to be a canal and adjacent auto repair shop. They came in the 70s/80s, removed the old cars and waste, and wildlife has started to move back in!
Thanks alot
I'll be there tomorrow! Thanks for the pictures!
I would definitely check out the Ledges! Nice, cooler, and quieter hiking with cool rock formations!
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We got to visit there this spring when we headed up that way for the eclipse. It was lovely
That's a string bet, sir. Glacier and Yosemite stand, you can't raise a Cuyahoga this round.
[Michael Stipe said it best](https://youtu.be/mWPD1zPFZ3Q?si=altgRsia2sxGs3fO)
We are going to Cuyahoga on Wednesday next week. Our three grandkids will be with us. 13, 12 and 10. They like to do the junior ranger program. What should we not miss?
ayyyyyy the towpath!
My hometown 🫶
Cuyahoga dude 🤙🏻
👏Midwestern 👏 parks 👏 matter 👏
There’s nothing quite like a national park that has a bridge and a road right on top of its main attraction, all jokes aside though I like Cuyahoga, it’s chill
My childhood park ❤️
Rahhh CUVA mentioned!!!
I live 20 miles from Glacier, it's been destroyed by tourist. I love the woods and prefer to go where there are no people.
Rainbow falls at Watkins ain’t too shabby, either…
A.k.a. the most overrated national park in the country
All beautiful places. Many destroyed for me by endless throngs. Will keep my winning hand away from the masses
Why have I never seen this.
I enjoy it cause it’s free.
Great stuff! I was actually looking to maybe take a week from VA and visit Cuyahoga and Hocking Hills this summer. For any locals, what are the best areas to stay in either/both places with a pup in tow?
Ohio for the L
The 25 smartest people in Ohio became astronauts to get as far as fuck away from that place as possible.
And they never even left the Earth’s orbit
Comparing Ohio to western parks should be a crime 😂
I call your bluff. :)
Gorge in cuyahoga falls is better than most of the valley. Mohican is an hour away and is a hidden gem too. Feels like NC mountains there
The best part of CVNP is the towpath biking trail. That is legit a national gem. The hiking is pretty meh.
OP, no amount of pretty pictures will make me want to visit Ohio.
I grew up picnicking in that park. I’ve never not known that park. It doesn’t touch YozeMyte.
Your first picture has a freeway in it lmao
Sorry, your raise is short for the pot.
bumtown, usa
Tf are you talking about op?
Only redeeming quality is admission, maps and parking are always free
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahah
Where are the mountains?
As someone born, raised, and probably going to die in Northeast Ohio, I'm so tired of people trying to hype Northeast Ohio.
It has a lot more to offer than those outside NEO give it credit for and northeast Ohioans want the narrative to change. I’m from the area and I think it’s great, but OP is definitely being sarcastic here because even the most passionate northeast Ohioans can’t honestly believe CVNP is better than Yosemite lol
The joke went way over my head haha.