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20201128 – Cuyahoga Valley National Park – Old Carriage Trail

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Date: 11/28/2020 – Distance: 6.1 mi – Elapsed Time: 2.5 hr – Ascent: 433 ft – Descent: 433 ft – Difficulty: Medium

The Old Carriage Trail is near the Jaite Area of Cuyahoga Valley National Park on the east side. It’s a very flat trail for the most part with the exception of the initial climb and subsequent descent at the end, and follows a ridge through many ravines. There is a Hopewell mound complex and a cool overlook of the river valley as well.

You have to access the trail from the Towpath Trail between Red Lock and Station Road Bridge.

I parked at Red Lock on Highland Road.
Brandywine Ski Resort is right there.
The Towpath Trail.
Lock 34 aka Red Lock.
Red Lock from the other end.
Nobody knows why it was called Red Lock.
Note that Station Road Bridge is closed until the end of March.
You can see remnants of the canal.
19 miles from Lake Erie.
Coming up on the Old Carriage Trail.
Bridge over the old canal.
This section of the canal is being absorbed back into nature.
The initial part of the trail has some paved sections.
And some repaired areas where erosion has taken hold.
The views begin to get good looking back toward the river valley.
There are a couple kiosks which describe the Hopewell mound.
It’s really hard to see it but there is a small mound wall there.
Another kiosk describing the mound complex.
At times you can look across the ravines and see the trail. It’s amazingly level.
There is another part of the mound there somewhere.
A look into the deep ravines all along this trail.
This spur goes to an overlook.
This overlook has the best views on the whole trail.
There are a few pine groves.
Some cool bridges too.
The trail ends up back on the Towpath Trail north of where we started.
More remnants of the canal.
The ducks appreciate the secluded wetland.
Some parts of the canal still have a lot of water.
That night the sunset was beautiful from my

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One response to “20201128 – Cuyahoga Valley National Park – Old Carriage Trail”

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    johnmasonrunner

    Looks like this make a lovely run -love those trail paths going through.

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