Celebrating Place. How trails embrace our environment, celebrate history, and connect to our community. Jeffrey R. Kerr, ASLA Floyd Browne Group

Signature Park Beachwood, Ohio Trails can be more than lineal corridors with beginnings and ends.

But trail systems can be more than that. Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail Peninsula Train Station

What makes a trail a destination? Cascade Locks Akron, Ohio

They can link us to our history. Historical Portage Path

They can let us explore our heritage. Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail Cuyahoga Valley National Park

They can link us to our history. or to our built environment. Canal Reservation Cleveland Metroparks

or just remind us of our past. Maple Highlands Trail Geauga County

They can connect us to our neighborhoods. Freedom Secondary Trail Tallmadge, Ohio

West Creek Reservation Cleveland Metroparks They can reveal special places that are sometimes hidden.

They can allow us to preserve our transportation heritage Niles Bikeway

They can let you see things from a different perspective. Honda Wetland

or sometimes just to get a little closer. Sippo Lake Education Center and Trail Stark County

They can teach us about the complexity of our environment.

Or the simple enjoyment of it… North Fork Trail Bath Township

They can promote alternative transportation. Cascade Locks Akron, Ohio

or just provide places to get out and exercise. Sand Run Trail Metro Parks, Serving Summit County

They don’t always need be on land. Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio

They can help reclaim abandoned places. Former B.F. Goodrich Manufacturing Complex Akron, Ohio

They can introduce us to important natural resources. Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail Cuyahoga Valley National Park

So let’s think how trails can make connections with our environment, history, and culture. Treadway Creek Cleveland

Celebrating Place. How trails embrace our environment, celebrate history, and connect to our community.