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

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

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

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

5. They can link us to our history. Historical Portage Path

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

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

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

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

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

11. They can allow us to preserve our transportation heritage Niles Bikeway

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

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

14. They can teach us about the complexity of our environment.

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

16. They can promote alternative transportation. Cascade Locks Akron, Ohio

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

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

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

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

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

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