1. Cuyahoga Valley National Park Ohio Temperate Deciduous Forest Brandywine FallsThe LedgesThe Beaver Marsh

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.

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

6. Hale Farm & Village Blossom Music Center Porthouse Theater

7. Brandywine Country Club Public Golf Course Brecksville Horse Stables

8. Where to Stay: Cuyahoga Valley lacks public campgrounds The Inn at Brandywine Falls: six- room 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 the Western Reserve. Built around 1830, a 31-bed Hostel.

9. Inn at Brandywine Falls Stanford Youth Hostel

10. Description of Biome/Climate: MonthHiLoPrecip. (In.) January 32182.0 February35192.2 March46282.9 April58373.1 May69473.5 June78573.7 July82613.5 August81603.4 September74543.4 October62442.5 November50353.2 December37253.1 Average annual precipitation: 36.5 inches. CVNP

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 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. Goldenrod Spring Beauty Wingstem Bloodroot

15. Seasonal Animals 194 species of birds 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 Jack in the pulpit White trillium Virginia Blue Bells Hepatica Violets

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

18. Fall Foliage

19. 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

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 Brandywine Falls Kendall Lake

24. Horseshoe Pond Towpath Trail The Ledges Beaver Marsh

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

26. 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

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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