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Virginia Kendall Park

Various locations along Truxell Road

Peninsula, OH 44264

www.nps.gov/cuva | 216.524.1497

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Virginia Kendall Park is a location in Cuyahoga Valley National Park originally developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. It includes the Ritchie Ledges rock formations, play fields, picnic shelters that area available for rent, a fishing lake and miles of trails. This area of Cuyahoga Valley National Park reflects the long history of the Cuyahoga Valley as a place to retreat from city life. Open dawn until dusk.

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