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20210410 – John and Marion Becker Cedar Falls Preserve

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Date: 04/10/2021 – Distance: 3.6 mi – Elapsed Time: 2.25 hr – Ascent: 531 ft – Descent: 475 ft – Difficulty: Medium

The Cedar Falls Trail is part of the Edge of Appalachia Preserve System. It is managed by The Nature Conservancy and the Cincinnati Museum Center. I’ve been working my way through this trail system over the last few weeks and they are all great. It is an out and back hike to a beautiful waterfall with some great things to see along the way.

Entrance signage.
There is some history right at the parking lot entrance.
Always check the other side of signs.
This old furnace used to create iron for pots and pans, and even did some defense work during the War of 1812.
An educational kiosk gives some history.
The house across the road used to house workers.
Map of the trail to the falls. The hike was a little over a mile and a half one way.
Some more history about the area.
A bigger map of the Edge of Appalacia Preserve System.
Heading into the trail. It was raining a little.
Some more info about this trail.
A large Eastern Red Cedar Grove near the start of the trail.
There are some good ravines on this trail.
Looking up this ravine, there are cliffs on both sides.
These rubber mats are not a good solution to the mud as they get really slippery. It’s raining quite hard now.
There are wildflowers everywhere.
They grow right on the rocks too.
Toadshade Trillium.
This sign clued me into some of the special flowers here.
Miterwort aka Bishops Cap.
There is a nice overlook at the falls.
Cedar Falls.
Arborvitae aka Eastern White Cedar.
A closer look at the falls. That rock on the lower part of the pic fell in 1997.
I still don’t know what this is. It’s not Bluebells or Shooting Star.
Wood Vetch.
Wild Ginger.
Large Flowered Bellwort.
Better pic of Wood Vetch.
The flower of the Wild Ginger is really hard to see as it is really close to the ground.
This Columbine was hard to photograph.
Some type of mint.
Walking Fern.
This is what happens when you hike in the rain. Well worth it.

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