Overnight Field Trips

Cuyahoga Valley National Park provides an ideal setting for a variety of educational experiences. Overnight educational programs or "camp", take place at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center within the national park. These programs run for two or three days depending on the program that is chosen by your school. They provide interdisciplinary, experiential, and place-based learning in Cuyahoga Valley National Park that your students will never forget!

For more information and to register for an overnight field trip, visit the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center's website. Click on "Current Programs Open For Registration".

Our dynamic environmental education program is designed to complement what students learn in the classroom and correlate with Ohio academic content standards.

Thematic "learning streams" are curriculums that explore different issues affecting Cuyahoga Valley National Park, your community, and our natural world. All are recommended for grades 4–12. You may choose from:

Learning Streams

Water Guardians

Length: This is a 3-day/2-night program

Students explore ways that the scientists of Cuyahoga Valley National Park keep the Cuyahoga River watershed healthy. They collect and analyze data from water quality tests and discover how water flows using stream tables. Students learn to appreciate the importance of watershed health.

Habitat Heroes

Length: This is a 3-day/2-night program

Students discover and learn to identify the impacts that climate change has on Cuyahoga Valley National Park and local communities. They contribute to the work being done in the national park to sustain our environment by planting native species or removing invasive plants.

Expedition Earth

Length: This is a 3-day/2-night program

Students explore our watershed at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center using navigational tools such as stream tables, compasses, and different types of maps. They discover the Ledges area of the national park and the stories the rocks tell us.

Nature Exploration

Length: This can be a 2-day/1-night or 3-day/2-night program

Students explore the diverse ecosystems that make up the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. They participate in student-centered exploration activities that help them think like scientists, using their observation skills to communicate their discoveries.