Construction: Updated Trail Description

Date Posted

Jun 28, 2019

Section

Akron

Chapter

Crooked River Chapter

This change to the route of the BT near the Botzum Trailhead of the Ohio & Erie Towpath Trail (OETT) was precipitated by construction. The change barely affects a hiker. The distance remains unchanged. Point 12 has been moved to the intersection of OETT with Riverview Rd, the map text has changed. See the important features of the result below.

CW 22.4 W | CCW 35.2 E | Pt 11 | Lone Pine Area in O’Neill Woods

Facilities: P, Pr, PT. The current text remains unchanged until the last sentence. Substitute the following:
Leave O’Neill Woods and head SE on Bath Rd past Yellow Creek Rd (0.3 mi, exits W) and then across Cuyahoga Vallwy Senic Railroad (CSVR) (0.26 mi). Soon (150’), exit Bath Rd S onto the OETT that will pass between 2 tree-covered mounds. The smaller one will be easily visible to your S. The larger one will lie to your W across the RR. After 0.2 mi, OETT reaches a 4 way intersection with paths from the Botzum stop on the CVSR just W and the large parking area of the Botzum Trailhead just S. (Other facilities: Pr, PT.) OETT continues SE.

CW 24.4 E | CCW 33.2 E | Pt 12 | OETT at Riverview Road

Facilities: P, Pr, PT. The current text remains unchanged until the last sentence. Substitute the following:
Across Riverview Rd, continue S now on OETT that continues around outer fence of the Akron Composting Plant and on S between the Cuyahoga R and the sewer line which lies in the former canal bed. After 1.4 mi, BT leaves OETT W through a square concrete culvert.

CW 25.9 W | CCW 31.7 E | Pt 13 | Riverview Rd at Smith Road

Resume use of the current Akron section edition of January 2012.