Wheelchairtraveling.com is an outstanding resource. There is information about parks, trails, camping and many other opportunities. There are a great many posts about accessible places in California as well as posts for Virginia, Colorado, Kentucky, Arizona, Hawaii, Wyoming, Alaska, Oregon, South Dakota, Mane, Florida, Utah and British Columbia.
Author: Cecilia
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park “…is a refuge for native plants and wildlife, and provides routes of discovery for visitors. The winding Cuyahoga River gives way to deep forests, rolling hills, and open farmlands.” Here is their website.
Accessibility Maps Special Needs Brochure Trails Phone 330-657-2752
There are a great many “easy” hikes in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Too many for me to list. Call the park’s accessibility coordinator, Arrye Rosser, at 440-546-5992 for help determining which paths are suitable for your limitations.
Here is Wheelchairtraveling.com’s excellent and thorough access guide to the park.
Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail Map including Beaver Marsh. The path is 19.5 miles and has ten trailheads. Beaver Marsh has an audio station with educational messages for people with visual limitations. Beaver Marsh Brochure
Brandywine Falls Map The first 1/8 mile is accessible to the first boardwalk overlook.
Dakota Prairie National Grassland
Dakota Prairie National Grasslands
The Dakota Prairie National Grasslands consist of four National Grasslands, three in North Dakota and one in South Dakota. Here is their website. And here is another very informative website from the Forest Service. For more information call 701-989-7300. For information about a specific trail, be sure to contact the individual Ranger District.
Little Missouri National Grassland For information call the Medora Ranger District. 701-227-7800
This is the largest grassland in the country at 1,033,271 acres. “A predominant feature of the grassland is colorful and beautiful badlands, a rugged terrain extensively eroded by wind and water. It is a mixed grass prairie, meaning it has both long and short grass.”
Sheyenne National Grassland For information call the Sheyenne Ranger District 701-683-4342
This grassland “is characterized by sandy soils, originally deposited as a delta of an ancient river as it emptied into glacial Lake Agassiz. Since that time, the wind and rain have shaped the topography into a unique landscape ranging from flat deltaic plains to choppy sand dunes.” “It is the only National Grassland in the tallgrass prairie region of the United States.”
Oakleaf Trail is a “…4-mile loop attached to the northeast end of the North Country National Scenic Trail.” It is a marked, graveled trail intended for non-motorized travel.
Denbigh Experimental Forest
? Denbigh Trail is a “…3 mile loop that winds through the tree plantings and surrounding prairie at the Denbigh Experimental Forest. It includes a small loop through the historic arboretum. It is a marked, graveled trail. This trail has two trailheads along its route. One trailhead is located at the southwest corner of the unit and the other is at the northwest end of the unit near the arboretum and administrative site. ”
?Hankinson Hills Trail is a “8 mile loop that winds through the oak trees and prairie surrounding the Hankinson Hills Campground. It is a marked, graveled trail. This trail has four trailheads along its route, including one located in the campground. ” Map
Fort Ransom State Park
Fort Ransom State Park
Here is the Park website. Map Phone 701-973-4331.
Thanks to Park Interpreter Victoria Silva for the following information: “Here at Fort Ransom State Park there are really only 2 trails that are flat, moderate, and have decent sized paths. We are in the Sheyenne River Valley, so a lot of the trails climb up and out and then back down into the valley which makes them unsuitable for easy trail users…….
Our Little Twig Trail is .94-miles and is our easiest trail in the park, as well as being a guided interpretive trail with pamphlets that can be picked up at the trailhead and followed with corresponding letter posts that are found along the trail. It goes over a couple of scenic bridges and is primarily a dirt path. People have taken strollers and motorized scooters/wheelchairs on it, but it is not made for them so it is not the easiest trail…..
Our North Country Trail is 1.35-miles one way and is a very flat trail with a big grass mowed path. It is a longer trail, especially with coming back, but it offers no challenge in regards to incline.”
Quail Hollow State Park
Quail Hollow State Park
Call the park for more information about their trails: 330-877-6652. Here is the Park website. Park Map Trail Map
“The Nature For All trail is a 2000-foot paved interpretive trail for those visitors with a physical challenge.”
This park has eight interpretive nature hiking trails. The longest are 1.5 miles and all are rated “Easy”.
Little Miami State Park
Little Miami State Park
Caesar Creek Park Office: (513) 897-3055 North of Hedges Road Here is their website. Phone 937-376-7440 Park Map
Little Miami is a 50 mile long paved trail corridor created from an abandoned railroad right-of-way along the Little Miami River. “As the river twists and bends, visitors will discover many natural wonders such as steep rocky cliffs, towering sycamores and elegant great blue herons on the wing.”
Hocking Hills State Park
Hocking Hills State Park
Hocking Hills “features towering cliffs, waterfalls and deep, hemlock-shaded gorges for hikers and nature lovers to enjoy and serve as a backdrop to popular facilities and accommodations.” Some information on the web pages is inconsistent. Before going it would be wise to call 740-385-6842. Here is their website. Hocking Hills.com Park Map Trails Map Maps of Trails
Conkles Hollow Brochure Map The Lower Gorge Trail is 1 mile and accessible.
There is a “deep, cool gorge, which is only 100 feet wide in places and is considered by some to be the deepest in Ohio” There are has “numerous waterfalls cascading over its sandstone cliffs.”
Ash Cave Gorge has an 1/4 mile accessible trail. “Ash Cave is the largest, most impressive recess cave in the state.”
? Cantwell Cliffs 1/4 mile of the Cantwell Cliffs Gorge trail is said to be accessible, but call first as the rest of the 1 mile trail is rated “difficult.”
? Old Man’s Cave HockingHills.com claims that 3/4 mile of the Gorge trail here is wheelchair accessible. However, the park site says the 1 mile trail is “moderate” and does not mention accessibility.
Barkcamp State Park
Adams Lake State Park
Adams Lake State Park
“Located in Ohio’s Bluegrass region, one of the state’s most scenic and biologically interesting areas, Adams Lake State Park has much to offer the nature enthusiast. Remnant prairies and a quiet lake can be enjoyed in this small (50-acre) unique park.”
Park Office (Rocky Fork): (937) 393-4284 Here is their website. Map
There is an accessible 3/4 mile path along the southern shore of Adams Lake.
– Ohio State Parks
Ohio State Parks Accessible facilities, including trails
Ohio has about 58 state parks with hiking trails. At least five have accessible paved or boardwalk trails. Please let me know of easy (but not necessarily wheelchair accessible) hikes that I should include for hikers not restricted to wheelchairs, but needing easy footing.