Sight · Cuyahoga Valley National Park
A crumbling wall makes this canal's working past tangible.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Cuyahoga Valley Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Beaver Marsh from Ira Trailhead“You're nearing Ira Trailhead, the starting point for a short walk to Beaver Marsh.”
Plays on the road 0.6 mi from Lock 25 in the Parkwolf Cuyahoga Valley Tour Guide.
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Lock 25 is a small remnant of the Ohio & Erie Canal: one crumbling stone lock wall beside the Towpath. It is a worthwhile detour if old transportation history interests you, but there is no restored lock chamber to tour.
The Ohio & Erie Canal was built from 1825 to 1832, linking the Ohio River at Portsmouth with Lake Erie at Cleveland. Mule teams followed the Towpath as canal boats carried goods and passengers. Nearby Botzum Farm was part of that working landscape, with a canal boat, a sawmill and a general store.
Wildlife
319 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
12 sightingsRiver OtterMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
103 sightingsCoyoteMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
248 sightingsBeaverMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
492 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
99 sightingsTrumpeter SwanMost seen around 5 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Cuyahoga Valley. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
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EasyBeaver Marsh Walk0.6 mi · 30 min · 0.6 mi awayA level Towpath stroll to Beaver Marsh's wildlife boardwalk.
ModerateDeer Run Trail2 mi · 1.3 hr · 0.7 mi awayRolling woods, Yellow Creek, and an old farm barn.
ChallengingPerkins Trail3.8 mi · 2.5 hr · 2 mi awayA covered bridge gives way to two rough creek crossings.
ModerateFurnace Run Trail1.9 mi · 1.3 hr · 2 mi awayMore than 90 stairs lead into a quiet wooded loop
ModeratePlateau Trail4.6 mi · 2.5 hr · 3 mi awayA long woodland loop past three ponds and a pine corridor
EasyOak Hill Trail1.4 mi · 45 min · 3 mi awayA gentle loop past Sylvan Pond and old farm traces.
ModerateWetmore Trail4.6 mi · 2.5 hr · 3.1 mi awayA hilly woods loop with creeks and old farm paths
ModerateLanges Run Trail3.3 mi · 2.5 hr · 3.1 mi awayA hilly woodland trail shared with horses, creeks and wildflowers
Sight · 0.3 mi awayLock 24One surviving canal wall marks the vanished village of Botzum.
Store · 0.6 mi awayThe Neitenbach FarmA working vegetable and herb farm with an on-farm stand.
Sight · 0.7 mi awayLock 26A modest canal lock with a surprisingly human dairy-era story.Sight · 0.8 mi awayBeaver MarshA short boardwalk crosses a wetland shaped by returning beavers.
Sight · 0.9 mi awayHowe MeadowA seasonal market pairs local food with open-air summer concerts.
Sight · 1 mi awayBath Road HeronryA spring heron nursery watched from a roadside pullout.
Sight · 1.1 mi awayBotzum StationA train stop with a tiny exhibit on the valley's rail past.
Sight · 1.3 mi awayIndigo LakeA former mine turned low-key lakeside picnic stopParkwolf’s Cuyahoga Valley ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
