Cuyahoga Valley National Park Ohio Brandywine Falls The

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

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.

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

Blossom Music Center Porthouse Theater Hale Farm & Village

Brandywine Country Club Public Golf Course Brecksville Horse Stables

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

Inn at Brandywine Falls Stanford Youth Hostel

Description of Biome/Climate: Month Hi Lo Precip. (In. ) 32 18 2. 0 • February 35 19 2. 2 • March 46 28 2. 9 • April 58 37 3. 1 • May 69 47 3. 5 • June 78 57 3. 7 • July 82 61 3. 5 60 3. 4 • September 74 54 • October 62 44 2. 5 • November 50 35 3. 2 • December 37 25 3. 1 • January • August 81 CVNP 3. 4 • Average annual precipitation: 36. 5 inches.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Fall Foliage

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

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

Food Web/Food Chain

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

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

Horseshoe Pond The Ledges Beaver Marsh Towpath Trail

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Blue Hen Falls Everett Road Covered Bridge

Itinerary • Hiking Trails: – 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

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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