National parks are exciting places for pets to visit with their family while on vacation. Sometimes these new places can be so exciting as to be overstimulating. Join these events to learn how to have a positive experience with your pet in unfamiliar environments. Learn the B.A.R.K. principles so you and your pet can have a safe and fun visit anytime you go to a national park. This program is part of the Healthy People Healthy Parks Initiative. B.A.R.K. stands for:| www.nps.gov
A canal needs a specific level of water for boats to use it. The Ohio & Erie Canal was maintained at a depth of four feet. Here the canal must cross the Cuyahoga River’s largest tributary, Tinkers Creek. Using technology first developed by the Romans, canal engineers made an aqueduct to carry the built waterway over the natural stream. Originally it was a bit farther north. However, shortly after the canal was constructed, Tinkers Creek flooded the aqueduct, proving how unpredictable it can...| www.nps.gov
The Pine Grove Trailhead is a junction point in Virginia Kendall Park’s interconnected trail system. Here you can access the 1.8-mile Ledges Trail, which loops around a towering sandstone outcropping. You can also access the Pine Grove Trail, named after the number of planted pine trees further along the 2.2-mile trail.| www.nps.gov
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The striking rock Ledges create a plateau at a high point in the Cuyahoga Valley uplands. The Ledges Trailhead sits on the top of the plateau. The connector trail behind the bulletin board leads to the 1.8-mile Ledges Trail. It circles the plateau and provides stunning views of the Sharon Sandstone and Conglomerate rock formation.| www.nps.gov
Coal industrialist Hayward Kendall willed his private retreat, later named Virginia Kendall Park, to the people of Ohio following his death in 1927. The Civilian Conservation Corps built Kendall Lake in 1934-1935 by damming Salt Run. At the time Akron Metropolitan Park District (now Summit Metro Parks) managed the property. For years, people flocked here in the summer for the swimming beach and in the winter for the toboggan run and ice skating. Today’s national park visitors come to fish a...| www.nps.gov
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Ticks can be found in tall grasses, on ground cover, and near structures and woodpiles. They cannot jump, fly, or fall from trees but will attach to pets and people as they walk by.| www.nps.gov
The Ohio & Erie Canal traveled through the Cuyahoga Valley on its way to connecting the Ohio River with Lake Erie. Wherever this man-made ditch went, change followed: change for the Cuyahoga Valley, the region, and the nation. In the wake of the canal came prosperity, a national transportation system, and a national market economy. As you travel on the Towpath Trail, consider how the canal beside you once transformed the country.| www.nps.gov
For details about taking your service animal on the train, read the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad policies.| www.nps.gov
Riding the Towpath Trail. NPS / DJR| www.nps.gov
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Use these maps to locate our visitor center, trailheads, trail routes, and other points of interest. Printed versions of most maps are available at Boston Mill Visitor Center or you can contact us to request a mailed copy. Additional formats of some maps are available on a separate cartography website. We recommend downloading the NPS App for access to the interactive map and other park information on the go.| www.nps.gov