Places to Go

“Growing Up in Everett” exhibits explore farm life in the 1920s and 1930s through the eyes of Helen Fiedler Toth. Listen to her stories, flip through her photo album, and play with her calf and chickens.

The men of the Civilian Conservation Corps built Happy Days Lodge during the difficult years of the Great Depression. They used manual labor and local materials, including Berea Sandstone and wormy American chestnut. For years, it served as a camp for children from the City of Akron. Today, it is a rental facility and program space managed by the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

The Bath Road Heronry is a pull off along Bath Road, with exhibit panels telling about these prehistoric birds. Unique in that you can see and hear these birds without ever leaving the car!

The Octagon Shelter is a great example of a style of architecture that came to be known as “parkitecture.” This type of architecture fit well into the natural landscape. It became synonymous with Civilian Conservation Corps structures. Groups and families with up to 50 people may reserve it for a fee.

The Pine Hollow Trailhead, with its plentiful parking, sits at the top of the Kendall Hills. The location offers scenic views, a popular sledding destination, and year-round trail access. From here you can access the Salt Run or Wetmore trails, or follow connectors to the Lake and Cross Country trails.