Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a less extreme national park that still has plenty to offer. The park located just 40 minutes from Downtown Cleveland is known for its beautiful waterfalls, hills, forests, and farmland.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park hosts a vast amount of wildlife including plants, animals, and insects. This huge range in wildlife is one of its most attractive and features. The most exciting animals within the national park include bald eagles, beavers, raccoons, deer, foxes, and other animals too. There are an enormous amount of insects within the park, including a frightening several hundred species of spiders. Plants within the park include a variety of trees, fern, grasses, and mosses.

Argiope spider

There are many activities that attract visitors to Cuyahoga National Park. In the summer, many people visit the park to participate in many activities such as canoeing, kayaking, fishing, golfing, hiking, camping, photography, birdwatching, horseback riding, EarthCaching (exploring the park via GPS), and attending Live concerts at their outdoor music venue, Blossom Music Center. Also, In the winter, visitors participate in many snow based activities such as downhill skiing, cross country skiing, ice fishing, snow shoeing, and sledding.

Living in Cleveland my whole life, I have visited this Cuyahoga Valley National Park many times for skiing and attending concerts. I have also visited the park as well. I am excited to return to ski some more this winter, and attend more shows this summer.