79: Five Fun Facts About Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

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

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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You may not have even heard of this park, so you’re in for a real treat! Today on the Exploring the National Parks Podcast, we’re sharing our favorite fun facts about Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. This park is more of a blend between a national historical site and a national park because it has both natural beauty and significant historical landmarks. Cuyahoga Valley is a unique smaller park that many people don’t know much about. Join us as we discuss what makes this park so cool! In this episode, we discuss: What makes the bedrock layers at this national park so interesting The fascinating history of the canal How this park helped Ohio become one of the most populated states in the country How the river in this park became a catalyst for a major environmental movement The surprising number of active farms within the Cuyahoga Valley boundaries We hope you love hearing about this incredible national park! It’s truly like going back to simpler times when you visit Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and we hope you get the chance to visit it soon! Don’t forget to complete your task for this week! Which of these fun facts surprised you the most? Head over to the Dirt in My Shoes Facebook or Instagram page and let us know! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	in March of 1913 for like several days literally it rained cats and dogs for literally literally
0:08.9	this is the exploring the national parks podcast with dirt in my shoes my name is ash and
0:17.6	I'm a former park ranger and the founder of dirt in my shoes I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make national park trip planning easy.
0:26.6	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 trees.
0:34.6	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:39.6	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:43.7	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:46.5	Let's start exploring.
0:52.3	I have been on a kick lately that Ash is not really in favor of and does not understand at all.
1:00.0	I feel like that applies to a lot of things.
1:04.0	I have been watching a lot of 90s and early 2000s Kevin Sorbo television shows, such as Hercules, the whatever journeys,
1:17.5	the awesome journeys or whatever, and Andromeda.
1:21.1	I don't know how you can watch that.
1:23.1	It's like, I watch it for 30 seconds and I'm like, oh my gosh, this is so painful.
1:30.4	It's just like, because I'm making, sometimes when we eat dinner, we turn on Hercules so that the boys can watch Hercules.
1:37.4	And I'm like, this is good for building character.
1:40.1	And then when night comes around and I'm watching Andromeda, Ash walks through the door and I'm, she's just like, is out as fast as she can be.
1:50.1	She does not understand or appreciate Andromeda.
1:52.7	I think it's pretty clear from this podcast, like who watches all of the shows and movies and stuff like that.
2:05.4	I'm not a TV watcher. I haven't been for a long time.
2:13.7	Right. I don't see the appeal anyway. I don't know. I read. I'm a reader. And so John will be in the other room,
2:19.0	binging on Netflix, and I'll be reading my books. And that's pretty much how our evenings go and have gone for the past couple years. So, and if it's a scary show, I have to turn it
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