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Brandywine Falls–Upper Boardwalk Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Brandywine, OH. The route passes Brandywine Falls and Upper Boardwalk Viewpoint. It climbs 455 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 856 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Upper Boardwalk 41.27671, -81.53839
Nearest town Brandywine, OH

Directions

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Brandywine Falls–Upper Boardwalk Viewpoint, 4 sights

4.3 mi · ▲ 455 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 661–856 ft

Out & Back · Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Trailhead: Upper Boardwalk · 41.27671, -81.53839

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Upper Boardwalk, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Brandywine Falls.
  3. 50 ftPass Upper Boardwalk Viewpoint.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Boardwalk, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Upper Boardwalk, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Brandywine Gorge Loop, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Stanford Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Clayton-Stanford Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Valley Trail, heading S.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miReach Brandywine Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Valley Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Clayton-Stanford Trail, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 150 ftTurn right onto Stanford Trail, heading NE.
  25. 1 miTurn right onto Brandywine Gorge Loop, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Upper Boardwalk, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miBear left onto Lower Boardwalk, heading NE.
  28. 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Boardwalk, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

82% dirt5% paved4% gravel3% boardwalk6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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