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Cuyahoga Valley.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park — National Park in OH.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit in OH (NPS unit code CUVA), an urban-adjacent park sitting between Cleveland and Akron along the Cuyahoga River with the 20-mile Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail running through it. The park recorded 3,025,325 recreation visits in 2025 and runs a 5-year mean of 2,857,286 annual visits, most of those repeat regional day-trippers from the Cleveland and Akron metros. The busiest month is July and the quietest is February — the seasonal curve is far flatter than at western parks because no major roads close for winter and the local visitor base sustains year-round demand. Cuyahoga Valley charges no entrance fee. This page is the navigation anchor for Cuyahoga Valley coverage on this site: the best-time-to-visit pillar covers month-by-month crowd, weather, and the seasonal cadence of the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad fall foliage trains, Beaver Marsh wildlife windows, and Brandywine Falls; the visitation page covers the long-run annual chart back to the 1979 baseline.

Cuyahoga Valley on this site.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit designated as a National Park, located in OH (NPS unit code CUVA). For when to go, what each month looks like, and the access calendar, follow the best-time-to-visit page. For the long-run visitation history and the disruption events that shaped recent years, follow the visitation page.

Park data card

FieldValue
DesignationNational Park
StateOH
NPS unit codeCUVA
Latest annual visits (2025)3,025,325
5-year mean annual visits2,857,286
Busiest month (5-yr mean)July
Quietest month (5-yr mean)February

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Methodology

Identity, designation, and coordinates come from the official NPS unit page. Annual recreation visits, busiest month, and quietest month are computed from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025 on NPS IRMA Stats. This hub does not duplicate the per-month editorial that lives on the best-time page or the year-by-year chart that lives on the visitation page — follow those links for the deep view. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

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Independence

Independent site. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service. Data comes from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; editorial analysis is ours. The NPS Arrowhead and other NPS marks are not used.

Last updated · 2026-05-28