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Ohio & Erie Canal Sites and Towpath Trailheads

 

The Towpath Trailheads and Ohio & Erie Canal Sites are listed from north (in Cleveland) to the south. Pick any site along the way or start at the beginning and follow the path of the canal as it passes through Ohio. On each page, find information about canal structures, places of interest, and trailheads. Note that the pages listed below are merely starting points and that there are pages of sites between those listed below. You can also see a slide show of photographs of the canal. Enjoy your visit and happy exploring!

 

 

Last update:  October 24, 2007

 

Cuyahoga County

Slideshow

o        Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation

o        Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Settler's Landing / Canal Basin Park (not constructed yet)

Tremont Ridge (not constructed yet)
Clark Overlook (not constructed yet)
Roundhouse (not constructed yet)
I-490 (not constructed yet)
Tremont Playfields (not constructed yet)
ISG Visitor Center (not constructed yet)
Harshaw Rail Stop (not constructed yet)
Harvard Avenue
Leonard Krieger CanalWay Center
Bacci Park
West Canal Road
Thornburgh Station
Lock 39
Canal Visitor Center
Frazee House

Summit County

Slideshow:  Part 1
Part 2

o        Cuyahoga Valley National Park

o        Cascade Locks Park

 Station Road Bridge
Red Lock
Boston Store
Lock 29 / Peninsula
Hunt Farm
Ira
Indian Mound / Botzum
North Portage Path
Big Bend
Memorial Parkway
Mustill Store
Lock 14
Steam Plant (under construction)
Lock 3 Park
Lock 2 Park
Thornton Street
Summit Lake Park
Wilbeth Road (scheduled for 2008)
Manchester Road
Fairview Avenue / Barberton
Tuscarawas Avenue (cancelled)
Wolf Creek / Snyder Avenue
Vanderhoof Road
Center Road / Franklin
Clinton

Stark County

 Lake Lucerne
Canal Fulton Community Park and CanalWay Center
Lock 4 Park
Butterbridge Road
Crystal Springs
Forty Corners
Bridgeport Quarry
Towpath Court
Lake Avenue
Massillon Recreation Center
John Glenn Grove
Waterworks Park / Navarre
Craig Pittman Memorial Park
State Route 212

Tuscarawas County

  • Bolivar Canal Park

  • Dover Canal Park

  • Ohio & Erie Canalway Southern Gateway Village

  • Upper Trenton Lock Park

 Bolivar City Park (not constructed yet)

Bolivar Canal Park (not constructed yet)

Ft. Laurens State Memorial
Canal Lands Park / Zoar
Zoarville(not constructed yet)
Dover Canal Park(not constructed yet)
South Dover(not constructed yet)
New Philadelphia Southern Gateway Village (not constructed yet)
Tuscarawas / Upper Trenton Lock Park
Lock Seventeen
Port Washington
Newcomerstown

Coshocton County

o        Roscoe Village

 Orange
Canal Lewisville
Roscoe Village
Tyndall
Conesville

Muskingum County

 Adams Mills
Trinway/Webbsport
Dresden
Frazeyburg
Nashport

Licking County

o        Black Hand Gorge State Nature Preserve

o        Buckeye Lake State Park

 Black Hand Gorge
Newark
Heath
Hebron
Buckeye Lake

Fairfield County

  • Lockville Park

 Millersport
Baltimore
Carroll
Lockville
Franklin County  Canal Winchester
Groveport
Lockbourne
Pickaway County  Millport
Circleville

Ross County

 Chillicothe
Pike County  Waverly
Jasper

Scioto County

 Portsmouth

Green colored names mean the page is progress and will be done soon.

  Some Trailhead information courtesy of "Towpath Companion - A Traveler's Guide to the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail" and Ohio & Erie Canalway Maps.