| Cuyahoga Valley National Park | |
|---|---|
 Waterfalls, such as this one, can be found throughout the park | |
  Location in Ohio  Location in the United States | |
| Location | Summit County & Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States |
| Nearest city | Cleveland, Akron |
| Coordinates | 41°14′30″N 81°32′59″W / 41.24167°N 81.54972°W |
| Area | 32,783 acres (51.2 sq mi; 132.7 km2)[1] |
| Established | October 11, 2000 |
| Visitors | 2,860,059 (in 2023)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | nps |
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a national park of the United States in Ohio that preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio.
The 32,783-acre (51.2 sq mi; 132.7 km2) park[1] is administered by the National Park Service, but within its boundaries are areas independently managed as county parks or as public or private businesses. Cuyahoga Valley was originally designated as a national recreation area (NRA) in 1974, then redesignated as a national park 26 years later in 2000, and remains the only national park that originated as a national recreation area.
Cuyahoga Valley is the only national park in the state of Ohio and one of three in the Great Lakes Basin, with Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior and Indiana Dunes National Park bordering Lake Michigan. Cuyahoga Valley also differs from the other national parks in the US in that it is adjacent to two large urban areas and it includes a dense road network, small towns, four reservations of the Cleveland Metroparks, four parks and one multipurpose trail of Summit Metro Parks, and public and private attractions. It was the twelfth-most visited American national park in 2023, attracting nearly 2.9 million visitors.[3]
- ^ a b "National Reports". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
Click on Park Acreage Reports (1997 – Last Calendar/Fiscal Year), then select By Park, Calendar Year, <choose year>, and then click the View PDF Report button – the area used here is Gross Area Acres which appears in the final column of the report
- ^ Chen, Eve (2024-03-31). "National parks by the numbers: America's oldest, largest, most visited". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ Chen, Eve. "What is the most visited national park in the US? Answers to your biggest park questions". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-08-20.