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Eagle Scout credited with organizing work to make areas ready
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Jun 22, 2009
There's something new in the Cuyahoga Valley: primitive camping for users of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail.
The National Park Service has opened five campsites behind the Stanford House at 6093 Stanford Road in Boston Township. The new accommodations got a big boost from an Akron Boy Scout's Eagle project.
The sites are the first established campsites in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and are only for long-distance hikers and bicyclists on the Towpath and Buckeye trails. Drive-up users are not permitted.
The sites opened June 1 and have already drawn about a dozen campers, officials said.
Last month, scout Ethan Scheck assembled a work team of 15 Boy Scouts and adult volunteers who removed stumps and roots, assembled picnic tables and installed non-permanent hooks to keep food away from critters.
Scheck, 16, the son of David and Eileen Scheck and a student at Ellet High School, is a member of Troop 77 and Venture Crew 2077.
Said Superintendent John P. Debo Jr., ''Ethan's dedication to this project has enabled the park to address the needs of bicyclists and hikers on the Towpath and Buckeye trails. We now can offer them accommodations as they make their way along the Ohio & Erie Canalway.''
The 101-mile canalway stretches from Cleveland through the Cuyahoga Valley and Akron and Canton to New Philadelphia.
Campsite reservations may be made by calling the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association at 330-657-2909, ext. 119, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Reservations need to be made three days in advance.
On Saturdays and Sundays, campers can reserve available sites by visiting the Trail Mix store, 1565 Boston Mills Road, Boston Township, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The fee is $15 per night per campsite. There is a six-person limit for each site and campers are limited to 10 nights per season. Check-in is after 1 p.m. and checkout by 10 a.m.
For more information, check out http://www.cvnpa.org.
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County has established two similar primitive sites: at the Big Bend Area of Sand Run Metro Park in northwest Akron and a quarter mile south of Clinton.
Portable toilets are provided. Users must provide their own water. There is no charge for use. Campfires are banned. Use is limited to one night with a maximum of four people per site.
No reservations are taken. The sites are first-come, first-served. Users are asked to sign in at park kiosks. Call 330-867-5511 or check http://www.summitmetroparks.org for information.
The Stark County Park District has one overnight site along the Towpath Trail: at the Bridgeport Quarry Trailhead in Jackson Township. A second campsite is planned.
A portable toilet is provided. Users must provide their own water. There is no fee.
For information, call 330-477-3552 or check http://www.starkparks.com.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
There's something new in the Cuyahoga Valley: primitive camping for users of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail.
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Green, Oh
Posted 08:14 AM, 06/22/2009
Is this the area around the (now closed) hostel?
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:23 AM, 06/22/2009
camping with no fire..doesn't sound like much fun..
of course I'm a fire bug,when it comes to campin'
got'a have a fire..just to sit an stair at it..
Richfield, OH
Posted 11:35 AM, 06/22/2009
Fire is a definite must. I'll camp in the backyard. Nice big fire and put the tent out.
Posted 12:10 PM, 06/22/2009
Can we please have a mountain bike trail in the CVNP somewhere? Please? We have bridal trails used by what, 20 people. Thousands of people have mountain bikes....
Posted 12:27 PM, 06/22/2009
Wolf: Stair at? Don't you mean stare? Stair is something you walk up or down. Geez!
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 02:28 PM, 06/22/2009
i love a fire, i just sit and bookcase at it
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 02:29 PM, 06/22/2009
anyone see the movie hostel? ee gads.
Akron, OH
Posted 02:47 PM, 06/22/2009
No fire, no big deal. The camp sites sit in the middle of a tall grass field so obviously fires would be a bad idea...
