Recently revisited a trail that we haven’t been on in years. It’s in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and is in the Oak Hill Day Use area. The inner trail is an easy trail, only 1.8 miles and an elevation change of 50 feet. It interweaves with another, more difficult trail called the Plateau Trail (4.9 miles, 200 feet elevation change.)
We did a little of both. Our first loop on the Plateau Trail took us to Meadowedge Pond. You can see where the pond used to end – where the tall grasses are. Somebody (beavers, likely) built a new little dam, extending the pond a little. You can see just a little of the dam in the lower right corner of the photo.
Meadowedge Pond, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
Although it is not a challenging trail, it has many beautiful passages – such as this little footbridge over a tiny ravine.
Footbridge on the Oak Hill Trail, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio
Check out this fallen tree – suspended in the air.
Good Catch
I am looking forward to going back and exploring more of the Plateau loops.
July 24th, 2013 at 6:01 pm
There are many hiking trails of varying lengths and difficulties, but most backcountry areas are accessible only by crosscountry hiking. There are literally thousands of hiking possibilities. See the Hiking Page for more information.