Happy Fall! It's the first day of Autumn and what better way to celebrate this beautiful season but with fall hikes. Here are 10 of the coolest places to go for hikes and walks in Northeast Ohio. 1. Gorge Metro Park in Summit County is a 1.8-mile hiking course that ranges from easy to rigorous. The trail accesses Mary Campbell Cave and several rock formations. You'll also find waterfalls and fishing docks. 2. Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve is almost 650 acres in Lake County. It boasts the largest reed grass march in Ohio and a beautiful beech-sugar maple forest, and a rare mixed oak swamp forest. 3. Princess Ledges Nature Preserve in Medina County is a majestic mix of sandstone rock formations and rich oak forest. You'll find tulip poplars, warblers and two trails. The Nature Trail is a mile and the Ledges trail is about a half mile. Hiking challenge is moderate. The sandstone ledges were once the Lake Erie Shoreline thousands of years ago. 4. The West Woods in Geauga County includes 7 miles of amazing trails, a nature center, and over 900 acres of wetlands and forest. 5. Amherst Beaver Creek Reservation in Lorain County has a winding creek, and pine forest that makes the area unique. Bridges cross Beaver Creek offering beautiful viewpoints to observe plant and wildlife. 6. Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve in Stark County is the result of glacial movements over a million years ago. It's 58 acres of geological wonder. 7. Towner's Woods in Portage County is 234 acres of forest, wetlands and meadows next to Lake Pippen, a glacial kettle hole lake. Hiking ranges from easy to strenuous. 8. Barnes Preserve in Wayne County is a park designed to give everyone access to nature. It is ADA approved as a non-challenging hiking area for anyone with any limitation. 9. Mill Creek Park in Mahoning County is a metropark in Youngstown with a history stretching back to 1891. It is a gorgeous 4.500 acres to explore complete with an old mill and cascading stream. 10. The Western Reserve Greenway Trail is 44 miles of rail trail through Ashtabula and Trumbull Counties. It's a beautiful, quiet rural area near Lake Erie.
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