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Exploring the National Parks

76: Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Best Tips + Activities

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio!  This national park is so incredible because it was an important area for the development of the wild frontier.  It also sparked a crucial environmental movement and opened up discussions on the importance of the natural environment. You don’t usually hear much about this national park, even though it sees millions of visitors each year! We wanted to explore Cuyahoga Valley with you today so that you can discover this spectacular national park.  In this episode, we discuss:  The Canal Exploration Center  Our favorite thing to do at this national park  The gateway towns in this area  The accessibility of this park  Our favorite restaurants in the area  The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad The Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Cool trails you’ll want to check out  The haunted bridge you can’t miss  We hope you enjoyed learning all about this lesser-known national park! Cuyahoga Valley is such a unique park, and we highly recommend making a trip to see it for yourself.  Remember to complete your task for this week! Would you rather ride the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad or bike the Towpath? Let us know on our Facebook or Instagram page!  Check out the full show notes here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Um, they've seen orbs in this bridge, so.

0:04.4

Oh my gosh.

0:05.3

Yeah.

0:07.0

This is the exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.

0:11.8

My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.

0:16.1

I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make national park trip planning easy.

0:21.6

And I'm John. I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories, and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much, like rocks.

0:29.6

Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.

0:34.6

We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.

0:39.3

And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.

0:42.1

Let's start exploring.

0:48.7

So we just came back from the middle of the country.

0:51.4

Yeah, we did.

0:52.1

By the time you listen to this episode, it will have been weeks since the total solar eclipse,

0:58.3

but we did go and our plans were all over the place.

1:05.1

But the reason I bring it...

1:06.7

That's of putting it so, so softly.

1:09.3

It feels like at the moment, because we're still recovering from the trip.

1:12.7

We are, but the reason I bring it up is because the park we're talking about today,

1:17.1

Cuyahoga Valley, like I was looking at the map.

1:20.4

I think I'm always surprised by the middle of the country because I just don't know it very well.

1:28.1

Okay.

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