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Brandywine Falls, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

A narrated walk at Cuyahoga Valley's most popular spot: the boardwalk to Brandywine Falls, the railroad that brought the first visitors, the last house of a vanished mill village, then down through the hemlocks to the creek and back.

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Brandywine Falls Trailhead. Start at the trailhead; the first story plays when you arrive.
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    4. You're ready to explorePark at the Brandywine Falls Trailhead lot, 8176 Brandywine Road. It often fills from about 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on nice days and in summer; there is no overflow and roadside parking is ticketed or towed, so come early or late. Open dawn to dusk; the boardwalk may close when icy. No entrance fee. Download the tour first, press Start at the trailhead and put your phone away. The tour goes round the loop counterclockwise: the boardwalk to the falls first, across the creek on the paved Bike and Hike Trail past the old inn, then the Brandywine Gorge Trail down to the creek and back up (about 1.5 miles, hilly, rocky, with steps). Only here for the falls? The first two stories cover them.

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    Facts from Cuyahoga Valley National Park (NPS) pages on Brandywine Falls, the Brandywine Gorge Loop, the Brandywine Falls and Stanford House places, geology, Native American heritage and the park's 50-moments history; Summit Metro Parks (Bike & Hike Trail); Cleveland Historical (Brandywine Falls). Trail geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Music: Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525, II. Romanze, Musopen recording (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.