Brandywine Falls Trailhead Information

The trailhead, with its restrooms and picnic tables, is a short walk from the falls.

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Quick Facts

Location:

8176 Brandywine Road, Sagamore Hills, Ohio 44067

Significance:

The 60-foot Brandywine Falls is an iconic scene in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It is found along Brandywine Creek, a major tributary of the Cuyahoga River.

Designation:

Ohio and Erie Canalway National Heritage Area

Amenities

18 listed

Accessible Sites, Audio Description, Automated Entrance, Baby Changing Station, Benches/Seating, Bicycle - Rack, Information Kiosk/Bulletin Board, Parking - Auto, Picnic Table, Recycling, Restroom, Restroom - Accessible, Toilet - Flush, Trailhead, Trash/Litter Receptacles, Water - Bottle-Filling Station, Water - Drinking/Potable, Wheelchair Accessible

The power and beauty of waterfalls attracts us all. Here the 60-foot tall Brandywine Falls tumbles into the Brandywine Gorge. In the early 1800s the power of Brandywine Creek was harnessed to drive grist, saw, and woolen mills to support a thriving community. A century later, it was the beauty of the falls that attracted artists to build a progressive community here. Let Brandywine Falls speak to you, providing inspiration for art, rest, relaxation, and exploration.

A boardwalk will lead you to an upper, accessible viewing area for the falls. A lower viewing deck requires visitors to walk down approximately 80 steps.

Additional trails let you explore further. Several trails link together to create the Brandywine Gorge Loop. The loop is a mostly unpaved, 1.4-mile route that travels the deep, wooded ravine created by Brandywine Creek. The 1.5-mile, unpaved Stanford Trail heads down into the valley to a connector to the Towpath Trail. Visitors can also access Summit Metro Parks’ Bike & Hike Trail for miles of paved biking and hiking.

Brandywine Falls

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The Cuyahoga Valley's waterfalls are among the most popular attractions in the national park. Brandywine Falls is a 65-foot waterfall is the centerpiece of the falls area, but not its only source of interest. Carved by Brandywine Creek, the falls demonstrates classic geological features of waterfalls. The falls once powered a thriving village, later industry, and eventually an artist's colony.