Cuyahoga Valley National Park Ohio

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1 Cuyahoga Valley National Park Ohio Brandywine Falls The Ledges The Beaver Marsh Temperate Deciduous Forest

2 How To Get There... Located between Cleveland & Akron, Ohio Cuyahoga Valley National Park can be accessed by many different highways, including I-77, I-271, I-80 (Ohio Turnpike), and State Route 8. Park signs are visible from each of these freeways as you get close to the valley.

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4 Nearby Attractions Boston Mills & Brandywine Ski Resorts Blossom Music Center Hale Farm & Village Porthouse Theater Brandywine Golf Course Brecksville Horse Stables

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6 Blossom Music Center Porthouse Theater Hale Farm & Village

7 Brandywine Country Club Public Golf Course Brecksville Horse Stables

8 Where to Stay: Cuyahoga Valley lacks public campgrounds The Inn at Brandywine Falls: sixroom bed and breakfast was built in 1848 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Open year round. Stanford Youth Hostel: Located near Peninsula, Ohio, an historic, nineteenth century farm home built by one of the first settlers in

9 Inn at Brandywine Falls Stanford Youth Hostel

10 Description of Biome/Climate: Month Hi Lo Precip. (In.) January February March April May June July August September October November December CVNP Average annual precipitation: 36.5 inches.

11 Description of Biome: Total Acreage: 33,000 acres Preserves 22 miles of the Crooked River Best time: Open all Seasons, Fall for foliage, Spring & Summer for wildflowers, Winter for skiing View from The Ledges Overlook Hiking Trail

12 Description of Biome: Temperate Deciduous Forest: Characterized by trees that lose their leaves in the fall due to shortening days. Pockets of evergreen trees exist Frequent rain and cold winters are typical Deep forests, rolling hills, open farmlands framing the river valley

13 Description of Biome: Geology: Sandstone, Sculpted by glaciers, streams. River floodplain, steep and gentle valley walls forested by deciduous and evergreen woods, numerous tributaries and their ravines, and upland plateaus.

14 Seasonal Plants Bloodroot 943 plant species. In the spring: Bloodroot and Spring Beauty blanket the forest floor Late summer stands of Goldenrod and Wingstem line the roads with gold. Wingstem Goldenrod Spring Beauty

15 194 species of birds Seasonal Animals Spring: Great Blue Herons start nest building Raptors are either summer or year-round residents

16 Plant Life Found Spring Beauty Yellow Trout Lily Toothwort Hepatica Bloodroot Dwarf ginseng Virginia bluebells Spring & purple cress Rue anemone, trillium Bishop's cap, violets Jack-in-the-pulpit White trillium Hepatica Jack in the pulpit Violets Virginia Blue Bells

17 Trees Oaks Hickory (Shagbark) Maple Sycamore Pine Spruce Hemlock Beech Eastern Hemlock Burr Oak - Indian Signal Tree Sycamore Beech

18 Fall Foliage

19 Whitetail deer Wild Turkey Painted Turtles Beavers Coyotes Great Blue Herons Bald Eagles Monarch Butterfly Red & Gray Fox Animal Life Found Hawks, Owls, Vulture Frogs, Toads, Salamanders

20 Ecological Relationships Predator-Prey The Coyote is the top predator Feed on Meadow vole, raccoons, chipmunks Scavenge White tail deer Gray Fox - feeds on small mammals Few large scale natural predators in the park Symbiosis Butterflies: Important pollinators and in recycling

21 Food Web/Food Chain

22 Endangered/Threatened Species Bald eagle Indiana Bat Copperbelly Water Snake ALL due to habitat loss National Park status

23 Sites To See Brandywine, Blue Hen, & Bridal Veil Falls Tinker s Creek Gorge Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Indigo Lake, Kendall Lake Beaver Marsh The Ledges Horseshoe Pond Kendall Lake Brandywine Falls

24 Horseshoe Pond Beaver Marsh The Ledges Towpath Trail

25 Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Blue Hen Falls Everett Road Covered Bridge

26 Hiking Trails: Itinerary Blue Hen Falls 1.2 miles Stanford House - Brandywine falls loop 4 miles The Ledges 4.2 miles Plateau Trail 5 miles Old Carriage Trail 5.4 miles Buckeye Trail 10.2 miles Skiing, Ice Skating, Sledding in Winter Fall Foliage on the Scenic Railroad Biking the towpath in Spring, Summer, Fall

27 Expenses Hiking Trails = Free! Biking = Free! Ride the train back for only $2! Peninsula Flyer Scenic Train Ride = $20 per Adult Skiing: All Day Pass = $39, Rentals = $26 Gas: 1 tank trip; Approx. $30

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