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.
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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
- Start on Upper Boardwalk, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Brandywine Falls.
- 50 ftPass Upper Boardwalk Viewpoint.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Boardwalk, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Upper Boardwalk, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Brandywine Gorge Loop, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Stanford Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Clayton-Stanford Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Valley Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Brandywine Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Clayton-Stanford Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Stanford Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Brandywine Gorge Loop, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Upper Boardwalk, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Lower Boardwalk, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Upper Boardwalk, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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