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20211030 – Charleston Falls Preserve

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Date: 10/30/2021 – Distance: 1.5 mi – Elapsed Time: 1.5 hr – Ascent: 118 ft – Descent: 125 ft – Difficulty: Medium

Charleston Falls Preserve is a 216 acre park in Miami County just north of Dayton, Ohio. Beautiful woods, open prairies, deep ravines, and a 37 foot waterfall over a recess cave carved in dolomite makes this park a joy to hike. I have hiked all of the trails here before, and after recent rains and since I was in the area, I wanted to see the falls.

Parking lot.
Trailhead.
Maple.
Falls are not far.
Trail map.
The maples here are beautiful.
Maples and Oaks.
The angle of the light makes big differences in how the color comes through.
Charleston Falls from the overlook. Better than the last time I was here.
You can get down there by the stairs on the far left.
Panoramic view of the ravine.
A little info about the falls and surrounding area.
Virginia Creeper turns bright red.
Descending toward the falls.
The rock here is Dolomite, a Magnesium infused Limestone and very hard.
About down to the bottom.
The recess is quite large.
Panorama of the recess and falls.
This is the ravine downstream of the falls.
Side view. You can see the overlook.
The trail continues along the cliff.
The spring wildflowers are getting ready to overwinter. This looks like a Rue Anemone.
It could fall any day.
Cool cave.
The trail climbs right up underneath the cliff.
Nearing the end of the cliff and the trail wraps around to the top.
Looking into the ravine.
At the top now. What a beautiful Maple-Hickory grove.
Taking the trail along the top back toward the falls.
Coming back to the falls. The view isn’t as good from this side.
The stream which feeds the falls.
One more closeup of the top of the falls.

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