Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Ohio

Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail

20 mi of trail, end to end · about 80 ft of climbing · 600 ft–753 ft · 3 surface · trail class 6 · bike, hiking, horse

Picnic areasVisitor centers

603 ft 627 ft · 5.5 mi high 627 ft

Along the way Canal Visitor Center Boston Store Visitor Center Hunt House

Trailheads Botzum 746 ft Drive there · Ira 722 ft Drive there · Towhead Trail 614 ft Drive there

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.